Cuba Sues US Cigar Businessman

HAVANA TIMES, Jan. 5 – Cuba’s Cubatabaco state-run company brought a lawsuit against U.S. businessman Ismail Houmani for using in his cigar and cigarette shop a name very similar to the Casas del Habano (Cigar shops), the Miami-based El Nuevo Herald reported. The Casa de La Habana, which was opened in Michigan 10 years ago, sells cigars made in Honduras, Dominican Republic and Nicaragua, reported IPS.