Visiting the cigar factory »
Posted By Deidre 8 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsHavana, Feb. 25 -- Today I'm visiting El Laguito, the Cohiba factory where only Castro's own cigars and his gifts for diplomats and heads of state were once made. The factory is in a lovely pale-yellow mansion, formerly owned by a sugar magnate, has marble floors, stained glass windows, high ceilings and perfectly cared for grounds. In the interior office of the director, Miguel Brown Vaillaint, a muscular, relaxed, black man of obvious confidence and physical strength, smiles and insists that we have a coffee together before making the tour. Cuban coffee in Cuba in the Cohiba factory sounds like a great idea to me.
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