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FROM
CUBA
Rats make unwelcome fellow travelers
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 7 (Rosa María
Montoya, APLO / www.cubanet.org) - Virgilio
Delat said a rat bit him on the train in
which he was traveling between Santiago
de Cuba and Havana.
Delat, an independent journalist, said
the rat bit him in a toe and that public
health authorities had put him under observation
for 21 days after attending to his wound.
As a result, he said, he cannot leave Havana.
The train connecting the two largest cities
on the island, known as the French train,
was once considered luxurious and promised
to span the approximately 600 miles between
them in 12 hours. Nowadays the trains run
once every three days, departing at about
6:00 p.m. from each end of the route and
often taking as long as 24 hours to complete
the journey.
During the night, passengers say, rats
and cockroaches have a field day in the
unlit cars.
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