date:Jun 21, 2013
A wholesale produce market run by a private cooperative will open on July 1 in Havana, the first such market since Cuba monopolized wholesale operations in the 1960s, state media said on Thursday.
The opening of this wholesale market is part of a new system of produce sales ... in Havana, and (neighboring) Artemisa and Mayabeque (provinces), the government's mid-day newscast said, adding three others would follow in the capital.
The state will own the premises, but the market will be leased to