Business & Economy

Cuba Cigar Auction Raises $ 1.1 Million

Humidors with prized Cuban cigars brought in revenues of over $ 1.1 million in the auction held on the final day of the annual Habanos Festival, reported dpa news. Among the guests were the famous former German tennis player Boris Becker and US actor Danny Glover.

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NBA Player to Attend Havana Cigar Festival

NBA player Gary Payton will participate in the 15th Habano Festival, to be held this week at Havana’s Convention Center. In addition to Payton, one of the best point guards in the NBA in the ‘90s and 2000s, attendance has been announced by German tennis player Boris Becker and Italian tenor Dario Balzanelli, considered the heir to Luciano Pavarotti.

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Russia Sells 8 Airliners to Cuba

Russia agreed to sell Cuba eight commercial airliners valued at a total of about $650 million, as well as forgive an undisclosed part of the $30 billion debt that Moscow claims is owed it by the island, reported the Russian media on Thursday during the visit of Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev to Havana.

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