Cuba Meets Ecuador
Americans might finally get the chance to try Robaina grown tobacco in the not too distance future. Hiroshi Robaina, the grandson of Cuba's best-known tobacco grower, Alejandro Robaina, is setting up plantations in Ecuador.
"The climate is the same level as Cuba," said the 33-year-old last week, during a visit to his family's plantation in Pinar del Río, Cuba.
