HAVANA — Under a languid ceiling fan doing little to sweep away smoke or the stagnant summer air, quality controller Alesis Aguero draws determinedly on a panatela, mixing work with pleasure. Like the ...
The Partagas factory has been manufacturing cigars for more than 150 years in Cuba is located just behind the Capitolo in downtown Havana. ZUMA Press/MCT The elderly cigar maker sits at a rustic table ...
Havana, Cuba (CNN)Since 1845 the Partagás company has been hand-making cigars in central Havana. See inside the process of rolling, checking, and sorting that makes these cigars a luxury item.