Drinking in Venezuela

In Venezuela the economy is tanking in 2019 and many people can't afford to buy beer or wine.
                                  Many Venezuelans are now downing their fears of the future with cocuy,an alcohol made from the fermented juice of the leaves and stem of the agave plant.Cocuy was invented by indigenous Venezuelans more than 500 years ago.Cocuy is flying off the shelves in Venezuela in 2019 partly because it is the only liquor many Venezuelans can afford.
                                        Cocuy was once considered the tipple of the poor;cocuy was outlawed as moonshine for a long time.Cocuy,the traditional spirit was outlawed in Venezuela for many decades in an effort to boost the country's rum and beer industry.Many people were jailed for selling cocuy and treated like drug traffickers.Cocuy used to be stigmatised as the drink of the poor and the old.
                                           Cocuy is similar to tequila in taste and resembles mescal in many ways.Cocuy is a close cousin of tequila.
                                          In 2019  cocuy has made a big comeback and many young people have become reluctant converts.Now people of all age groups drink cocuy and cocuy cocktails are becoming very popular.Cocuy is no longer for just old people  and grandparents.