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Smoking with the Enemy

Smoking with the Enemy

As One Cigar Aficionado Discovered, U.S.customs is playing hardball with smugglers of Cuban cigars

November 1, 1997
Che's Habanos

Che's Habanos

During his Years in the Jungle, Cigars Were Che Guevara's Faithful Companion

September 1, 1997
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
Great Moments: Hemingway's Captain

Great Moments: Hemingway's Captain

Even now when I envision Cuba, I recall in vivid detail the descriptions of the island offered by Ernest Hemingway in his novels. The fishing boats crisscrossing the deep, dark …

March 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 Cuba Stalemate

The Cuba Stalemate

A Former State Department Expert on Cuba Calls the Embargo an Idea Whose Time Has Passed

March 1, 1996