Alejandro Robaina, 1909-2010

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In Memoriam

Famed Cuban tobacco grower Alejandro Robaina died last April 17 at the age of 91.

Robaina was an internationally acclaimed planter who had been working the fields for most of his long life.

A scion of one of Cuba’s oldest tobacco growing families, Robaina produced some of the world’s best cigar wrappers, and such was his status in Cuba that he was able to refuse an “invitation” from Fidel Castro to join a famer’s collective to boost productivity.

“For me, tobacco growing had to be in the family, done with love. Nobody worries as much as the grower,” Robaina told CNN in 2008

Quarter 4, 2011

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