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    HAVANA AFFAIR

    Apr 09, 2020 3 minutes
    by aobh o’brien-moody

    Anyone who has visited Cuba can appreciate that it is a place unlike any other. Vibrating with a heady energy, it is a country of contradictions, at once maddening and magnificent, sophisticated and dilapidated. It defies definition.

    Perfectly encapsulating Cuba’s dynamic and multilayered character is rum, a spirit that runs through the country’s veins and is integral to its culture and national heritage. Far more than a popular cocktail constituent, it is emotional. It connects

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