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Castro Lives! Cuban Cigar Festival in Full Swing

Rumors are swirling today that Fidel Castro is no longer on death's door and could even return to lead Cuba.

Is it a coincidence that Castro's alleged phoenix like radio appearance coincides with the 9th Habano Cigar Festival, taking place in the Havana Convention Centre from February 26 to March 2? Doubt it.

Raul Castro, the current number one in Cuba, is rumored to dislike cigars--the horror.

This year's festival will launch a new line of cigars for the island's signature Cohiba brand known as Maduro 5 or Mature 5, which are finished with a wrapper leaf that has been aged five years. Wrapper leaves represent the final stage of cigar-making and are essential to how well a cigar burns.

Participants include Havana cigar smokers from Russia, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan, China and England who are scheduled to visit tobacco plantations and cigar factories in the island, but there are no known celebrity attendees to generate cigar buzz.  Luckily, it looks like Fidel will handle the buzz generation all on his own, thank you very much.

Related Stories:
· Havana International Convention Center [Google Maps]
· 9th Habano Cigar Festival [GoCuba]
· Hotels in Havana [HotelChatter]