Anarcho-Communist
28th February 2005, 02:42
Castro snubs
cigar aficionados
28 Feb 2005
05:00AM
HAVANA: Cuban
President Fidel
Castro has snubbed
hundreds of cigar
aficionados by
skipping gala dinner
closing the annual
Habanos festival on
Friday night forcing
actor Jeremy Irons
to take his place as
the star attraction.
"As I get older, and I
see the years ahead
of me getting
shorter, I try to live
a better quality of
life. I think in the
years to come I will
smoke less
cigarettes and more
cigars," Irons told the
diners as waiters
handed out trays of
Partagas Coronas.
It was the third year
in a row that Castro,
78 and recovering
from a broken knee,
has been a no-show
at the dinner for
worldwide cigar
lovers and retailers
of Habanos cigars,
an incongruous
meeting of the
well-heeled and
Communist Cuba.
"I think it is a huge
dissapointment for
everybody," said
Hong Kong
businessman David
Tang, the main
distributor of Cuban
cigars in Asia.
Peace, Love, Empathy
cigar aficionados
28 Feb 2005
05:00AM
HAVANA: Cuban
President Fidel
Castro has snubbed
hundreds of cigar
aficionados by
skipping gala dinner
closing the annual
Habanos festival on
Friday night forcing
actor Jeremy Irons
to take his place as
the star attraction.
"As I get older, and I
see the years ahead
of me getting
shorter, I try to live
a better quality of
life. I think in the
years to come I will
smoke less
cigarettes and more
cigars," Irons told the
diners as waiters
handed out trays of
Partagas Coronas.
It was the third year
in a row that Castro,
78 and recovering
from a broken knee,
has been a no-show
at the dinner for
worldwide cigar
lovers and retailers
of Habanos cigars,
an incongruous
meeting of the
well-heeled and
Communist Cuba.
"I think it is a huge
dissapointment for
everybody," said
Hong Kong
businessman David
Tang, the main
distributor of Cuban
cigars in Asia.
Peace, Love, Empathy