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Cuban Comeback

Cuban Comeback

Though Still Beset by Tobacco Shortages, Cuba Gears Up to Meet the Demand

September 1, 1997
Happy Birthday, Cohiba

Happy Birthday, Cohiba

Nearly 800 Cigar Aficionados Gather in Havana to Celebrate 30 Years of Cohiba Cigars

July 1, 1997
Havana's New Cigar: Cuaba

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

March 1, 1997
Cuba' Best Cigar Factory

Cuba' Best Cigar Factory

Cuba's Top Export Cigar Factory Is Turning Out the Country's Best Cigars

September 1, 1996
Harvest Time in Cuba

Harvest Time in Cuba

Cuba's 1996 Crop Has Been Hit Hard by Bad Weather, but Production May Still Be the Highest in Years

June 1, 1996
The Woman Behind Cohiba

The Woman Behind Cohiba

Cuba's First Female Cigar Factory Manager, Emilia Tamayo, Is Making Changes at El Laguito, Maker of Cohibas

March 1, 1996
The Partagas Family

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 …

December 1, 1995
Big-Wrapper Crisis

Big-Wrapper Crisis

The Lack of Large-Sized Wrapper Leaves is Creating a Shortage of Big Cigars

March 1, 1995
Buyer Beware: Counterfeit Cigars

Buyer Beware: Counterfeit Cigars

Not the real thing—counterfeits of the top Cuban cigar brands are flooding the world market.

June 1, 1994

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