Caribbean editor Gay Nagle Myers is in Cuba on a six-day Friendly Planet travel agent fam trip, exploring Havana and its environs. HAVANA -- The best piece of advice I heard today came from Elias ...

Beginning in Havana in 1865, workers in cigar factories devised a way to keep their minds active and engaged during long hours of monotonous labor: they began paying a reader, or lector, to read aloud ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — A former Cuban cigar factory will soon become a boutique hotel in historic St. Augustine. The newest addition to the oldest city will not only preserve history but also bring ...

NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- The Jimenez family, led by their matriarch Nelda Pozo-Jimenez, have carried on the famous Cuban tradition of cigar rolling in the heart of Newark, New Jersey for over ...

All over America old industrial and manufacturing buildings are being turned into art spaces, places where artists can work, teach and show their work in a supportive environment. Pines & Palms; The ...

Inside the century-and-a-half-old H. Upmann cigar company, among the most famous manufacturers of Cuban cigars Above, a worker packages cigars at the H. Upmann cigar factory during the 13th annual ...

Last year was a bad year for cigar production in Cuba. That might not worry American cigar smokers too much, as it is still illegal to buy or sell the coveted Cuban cigar in the United States. But the ...

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a decree that banned all Cuban products from entering the United States. This included the island nation's famed cigars. Now, 52 years later, President Barack ...

A former St. Augustine Cuban cigar factory is set to become a boutique hotel. The former Solla-Carcaba Cigar factory will become a hotel on Riberia Street and Sebastian Harbor Drive. We're told from ...