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Cubans fear more gov't control of farmers markets

October 28, 2009 By The Associated Press  WILL WEISSERT (Associated Press Writer)

HAVANA (AP) — The habanero peppers, oranges and peanuts cost more at Cuba's free-market "agros" — farmers markets where vendors, not the government, set prices. But food stalls overflow with abundance not seen elsewhere on the shortage-plagued island.

So when the Communist Party served notice that it plans to impose price controls at those agros — ending one of Cuba's few capitalist experiments...

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