SAN LUIS, Cuba — A neighbor lent him a house to dry leaves, and he had a little fertilizer saved, so he plucked up the courage to plant tobacco. Now, Hirochi Robaina can hardly believe the ...

IDEAS contributor and freelance writer Pedro Mendes visited the farmer when he travelled to Cuba last fall, to learn about both the cigar-making-process, and what tobacco means to Cubans.

Now, Hirochi Robaina can hardly believe the resulting miracle. Robaina, one of the most recognized tobacco producers in Cuba, marvels as he walks through the intense green of plants that have ...

WASHINGTON, May 20. -- From a revenue point of view, the action of the Spanish Government in prohibiting the export of Cuban tobacco will have but little effect in comparison with, the injury it ...

TAMPA — For American cigar aficionados, Cuban tobacco is the forbidden fruit, long-blocked from the United States market by its five-decade-old embargo on the island nation. But in this new era ...

Santiago Cuban farmer Maritza Carpio, 62, is optimistic. Five months after Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on the island nation and its vital tobacco industry, she has started drying leaves for habano ...

Ruling in a three-decade dispute over the right to trademark the famed Cohiba brand of cigars, a federal court in Virginia has decided Cuba’s state-owned tobacco company properly sought ...

Columbus did bring the tobacco back to Europe which boosted its popularity and encouraged Spain to open cigar factories in ...

From its humble Basel origins in 1875, Oettinger Davidoff has matured into a family-owned powerhouse. As it celebrates its ...

Now, Hirochi Robaina can hardly believe the resulting miracle. Robaina, one of the most recognized tobacco producers in Cuba, marvels as he walks through the intense green of plants that have ...