Cigar Wars

NPR

Published October 9, 2015 at 4:28 PM EDT

After the U.S. embargo against Cuba began, the Dominican Republic became the world's top cigar exporter. But now, talk of ending the embargo has lit up a cigar war between the two countries.

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