| José Julián Martí Pérez (January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American lit... Read more |
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Alejandro Robaina The Godfather of Cuban tobacco Wednesday, 04 January 2012 13:31 |  |  | 
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Alejandro Robaina ( March 20, 1919 – April 17, 2010 ) was a Cuban tobacco grower.
Cuba is well-know as the land of the best Tobacco all over the world. Historians affirm that the first plantation arose in the 18th century, by the East of the Island, and progressively extended to the West.