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Page 1 of 2  Plus: Libertarian candidate would end the Cuban embargo!Los Angeles, August 25 – Daniel Miranda always had a smile on his face, especially when the talk was about cigars. Sadly, the 38-year-old Miranda passed away on Friday, August 22, after a three-year fight against brain cancer. He was a key member of his family’s Miami Cigar & Co. team, serving as the director of marketing. His energy and enthusiasm earned him a wide circle of friends in the cigar industry and no one worked any harder. His presence was missed at the company’s expansive booth at the recent RTDA/IPCPR shows. Miranda is survived by his wife, Christina; two daughters, Daniela, 8 and Alexandra, 7; his parents, Mariana and Nestor; and his sister, Tatiana (for whom the Tatiana flavored-cigar brand is named). In lieu of flowers, donations are being made to the National Brain Tumor Foundation to help find a cure for brain tumors. Libertarian candidate would lift Cuban embargo Former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr is the Libertarian Party candidate for President in 2008, and said during a recent fund-raising event in Colorado that he would be in favor of lifting the Cuban embargo if he became President. According to BlueCarp.com, Barr told supporters “I am against the Cuban embargo” and was seen smoking what was described as a “non-Cuban” cigar during the event. Barr is unlikely to win the Presidency, but, as always, he’s bolder than the rest when it comes to smoking in public. Cigar Family and first-place Rays have Saturday fundraiser There are cigar lounges in only two major-league baseball parks and the first-place Tampa Bay Rays have teamed with the J.C. Newman Cigar Co. and the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation for a fund-raising event this Saturday at Tropicana Field. The Rays will entertain the Baltimore Orioles on the field beginning at 3:55 p.m. and then the party will start at the Cuesta-Rey Cigar Bar. Rays players will drop by after the game and attendees can meet members of the Newman family, as well as enjoy a post-game spread and some Cuesta-Rey cigars. The cost is $80 per ticket; more information is available at CigarFamily.com The Foundation recently raised $75,852 from an online auction that featured rare cigars donated not only by the Fuente and Newman families, but also by fellow cigar makers Litto Gomez of La Flor Dominicana and Jorge Padron of Padron Cigars. Hammer time A unique piece of pre-Castro Havana was on sale this week on eBay: a humidor-style cigar box from the old Sevilla Biltmore Hotel. |
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