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| Bacardi Building in Havana |
The
president of Bacardi has reiterated the company's intention to return to its
native Cuba once the US embargo of the country is lifted.
The
Bacardi family - and its rum company - was expelled from Cuba in 1959 following
the country's revolution, led by Fidel Castro. Since then, the US authorities
have imposed an embargo on the country in protest against the revolution.
Bacardi has subsequently set up a head office in Bermuda, a distillery in
Puerto Rico and other operational offices in Miami.
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| Joaquin Bacardi |
Speaking
to just-drinks at his company's Puerto Rico facility, Joaquin Bacardi confirmed
that the firm will return to Cuba in some capacity at the earliest possible
opportunity. "We are hopeful that the facilities (Bacardi owned before the
revolution) that exist in Cuba will be returned to us," he said. "We
have all the documentation to prove that that property is ours.
"Because
that property has been abandoned for so many years - although it is being
operated to produce other rums - we know that the conditions of that operation
are very poor; they don't maintain it very well. So, it's going to require a
significant capital investment."
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| Bacardi Distillery Santiago de Cuba |
neighbors to the south get on with their lives and become a part of the world today and end the suffering of it's people. The only losers in this prolonged embargo are the everyday people of Cuba. Come on Politicians, time to bring this long out dated embargo an end. ;o)
