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Cuban Comeback
Though Still Beset by Tobacco Shortages, Cuba Gears Up to Meet the Demand
Happy Birthday, Cohiba
Nearly 800 Cigar Aficionados Gather in Havana to Celebrate 30 Years of Cohiba Cigars
Havana's New Cigar: Cuaba
Havana's Newest Cigar For the First Time in Three Decades, Cuba Is Launching a New Brand, the Figurado-shaped Cuaba
Cuba' Best Cigar Factory
Cuba's Top Export Cigar Factory Is Turning Out the Country's Best Cigars
Harvest Time in Cuba
Cuba's 1996 Crop Has Been Hit Hard by Bad Weather, but Production May Still Be the Highest in Years
The Woman Behind Cohiba
Cuba's First Female Cigar Factory Manager, Emilia Tamayo, Is Making Changes at El Laguito, Maker of Cohibas
The Partagas Family
Ernesto Lopez, the manager of the Partagas factory in Havana, gazed across the smoke-filled ballroom of the Meliá Cohiba hotel and grinned contentedly. The room was filled with …
Big-Wrapper Crisis
The Lack of Large-Sized Wrapper Leaves is Creating a Shortage of Big Cigars
Buyer Beware: Counterfeit Cigars
Not the real thing—counterfeits of the top Cuban cigar brands are flooding the world market.