Question by TonyG: What cigar company left Cuba after Castro nationalized tobacco?
Anyone know the answer to this? Can’t seem to find it on google. Thanks in advance.
Answer by American Soldier
I believe there were several.
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The Cuba Issue: Tampa and Cuba — connected through time
Thousands fled Cuba after Castro took power. 1962: Cigars & the trade embargo. The cigar industry survived strikes, economic depression and world wars, but could not survive the Cuban trade embargo placed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962. Today …
*Editor"s Note: Another one to leave Cuba after Castro, was famed Menendez, Garcia. They left Cuba to reestablish themselves & their brand: Montecristo. They bounced from the Canary Islands to finally, La Romana, Dominican Republic, where they still exist to this day.
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What cigar company left Cuba after Castro nationalized tobacco?
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