In this photo released by Viking shows the cover of "Barcardi and the long fight for Cuba", by Tom Gjelten. "Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba" (Viking, 365 pages, $27.95), by Tom Gjelten: Bacardi ...

SANTIAGO, Cuba — The best rum bar in Cuba may be the one in the basement of a sparse museum in the center of this colonial port city, an 11-hour drive from Havana on the island’s southeastern coast.

GREENWICH — The 11 men and women sat around a long table inside Greenwich Library’s second-floor meeting room. Each of them had a reason that made the trek worthwhile on a winter’s eve. One man had ...

Cuban rum master Asbel Morales tastes Havana Club rum in Cuba in March 2018. - Copyright AFP Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD Cuban rum master Asbel Morales tastes Havana Club rum ...

It's a fight over ownership, heritage, revolution and rum. It's a dispute that has lasted for decades over who is a "real" Cuban, and pits US rum powerhouse Bacardi against French spirits giant Pernod ...

For Cubans, rum is personal. The spirit is a core part of Cuba's national identity and has, along with cigars, fueled the country's economy for decades. And as diplomatic relations and travel ...

Bacardi is the world's top-selling rum with annual sales of 20 million cases in more than 150 countries. But it does not sell a drop in Cuba, where founder Facundo Bacardi first opened a tin-roofed, ...