Word: fidels
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...strolls among the dozen men and women sorting and rolling molasses-colored leaves in El Credito Cigars' pungent storefront in Miami's Little Havana. His father expanded production to 140,000 cigars a day, at one point supplying troops during World War II. They fled to Miami after Fidel Castro's takeover in 1959. In 1968, finally convinced the exile was permanent, the elder Ernesto paid $5,000 for a cigarmaking factory in Miami. To find a niche among the 30 or so other cigar factories, Ernesto Sr. began testing some signature brands. He developed a mail-order business...
...when that song soared to the top of the charts, Fidel was the enemy and the Cold War was getting uncomfortably hot in Vietnam and elsewhere. Ten years later, Stills controversially followed through on the message behind those seemingly carefree words he’d once sung—he rocked Havana’s Karl Marx Theatre in a historic Cuban-American music festival...
...over 20 minutes during his hour-long visit about his involvement in political causes, from his construction of shelters in rural Ecuador, to his work with missionaries, to his music school for women in India. Sanz noted that he “dedicates part of his set against Fidel Castro” and urged students and his fans motivated by politics to “write about what’s important to them...
...QUESTIONS: Oliver Stone on interrogating Fidel Castro and memories of John Kerry as a fellow Yale student...
Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, 57, has roused passions and courted controversy in films ranging from Platoon to JFK. After a five-year hiatus, he's back with another project causing a stir, Looking for Fidel, a documentary about the Cuban dictator about to debut on HBO. TIME's Jeffrey Ressner caught up with Stone at his editing room in Santa Monica, Calif...