Cigar Aficionado

When President Obama traveled to Havana in March to advance his policy of engagement, then-presidential contender Sen. Ted Cruz denounced his visit as "a sad day in American history." Now …

First came President Obama. Then Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones. And now Vin Diesel and the cast and crew of the smash movie franchise Fast and Furious have turned Havana upside down.

As the United States and Cuba have attempted to negotiate their differences over the last 50 years, Cuban cigars have played a diplomatic role in secret efforts to improve relations

On the morning of November 22, 1963, a CIA operative named Nestor Sanchez arrived in Paris carrying a Paper Mate pen that contained a hidden hypodermic needle—a Cold War weapon specifically …

For most of the last 50 years, nearly every U.S. president has negotiated secretly with the government of Cuba in bids to resolve the two nations' conflicts