HAVANA, November 5 (Jorge Cordero, AFPCP) - Alcoholism is evidently on the
upswing in Havana. Dozens of drunks can be seen sleeping in the early mornings
in areas such as the centric Paseo del Prado and the Anfiteatro.
One of them said: "There’s nothing better to do than have a drink
of "chispa’e tren" (literally, train sparks), the name given to
industrial alcohol that’s filtered several times through charcoal. It isn’t
even worth it to work, for what they pay you!" It is widely believed that
many, especially the young, drink to evade a reality that, they say, they cannot
change.
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