Walking around with bodyguards. Having your own security. This is the latest trend among Havanan show business celebrities.
For the nouveau riche in the Cuban capital, it is not enough to wear the most expensive clothes, or pay up to $1,000 per bottle at one of the many bars and nightclubs that have popped up across the city. If you want to ascend to the Olympus of these winners, you have to go around with four or five brawny bodyguards, all in uniform, donning white guayaberas, or jackets, and always wearing the de rigueur earpiece.