Bacardi Lecture examines significance of Havana cigar

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (U of F) The significance, history and future of the Havana cigar will be explored by Jean Stubbs in a lecture Wednesday evening.
Stubbs, the UF Center for Latin American Studies Bacardi Family Eminent Scholar, will deliver the 2011 Bacardi Lecture titled “The Havana Cigar Goes Global” at 7:30 p.m. March 2 in Smathers Library, Room 1A.
What was it about the Havana cigar that made it famous and coveted the world over? Why does its history continue inextricably to link Cuba with Florida, New York and Connecticut; the trans-Atlantic world; and places as far afield as Indonesia? And does the future of the emblematic Havana cigar hang in the balance? Continued

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