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Close, but no giant Cuban cigar


13th May 2008
Despite the best efforts of his team and nearly 42k of top-quality tobacco, Cuban Jose Castelar's world record attempt just ran out of puff. The 64-year-old, who learned to make cigars at the age of five, rolled a giant stogie in Havana that he ho… more »
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When Is a Cigar Not a Cigar? When It Tries to Kill Castro


03rd March 2008
By MIKE HALE Published: March 3, 2008 Now that Fidel Castro has resigned as president of Cuba, it seems likely that illness and age will finally be allowed to accomplish what two generations of Cuban exiles have been unable to, despite obsessive zeal an… more »
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World's Most-Sold Havana Cigar


26th February 2008
The Cohiba Cigar was the most sold Cuban cigar in 2007, sources from the tobacco sector announced on Monday. International corporation company Habanos S.A. vice president Manuel Garcia said at a press conference that the Montecristo brand used to be the… more »
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