Plus, after America’s embargo on Cuban cigars, many professional cigar makers emigrated to the Dominican Republic to continue making their products there. This way, they could legally sell to ...

They also purchased the H. Upmann name in Havana and were producing both brands. As with most Cuban cigar makers, Menendez and his family fled Cuba in 1960 after the communist revolution.

greatly respected in Cuban society. José Castelar Cairo: "My name is José Castelar Cairo. I work here in La Triada. I have been a cigar maker for 61 years. To make cigars here in Cuba ...