{"id":4078,"date":"2012-12-01T16:50:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T14:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2012-12-12T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T09:06:00","slug":"smoking-a-cigar-with-an-iconic-cuban-revolution-commander-update-with-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/startseite\/smoking-a-cigar-with-an-iconic-cuban-revolution-commander-update-with-photographs\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking a cigar with an iconic Cuban Revolution Commander – Updated with photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Melia Cohiba, La Habana, 30.10.2012<\/p>\n

Dinner Club de Amigos<\/p>\n

Dir.Gen. Hotel Melia Cohiba \/ Dir. HSA Sr Buenaventura<\/p>\n

Speaker : Dr Luis Sorinas<\/p>\n

1x H.Upmann Connossieur Nr 1 ( Hermoso Nr 4 )<\/p>\n

1x Special custom rolled Habano – smoked it at a later date and it was magnificient !<\/p>\n

Themes : 520 yrs discovery of America and Tobacco, Hatuey beer, Bacardi, H.Upmann cigars.<\/p>\n

Very interesting & insightful talk by Dr Luis Sorinas on many themes related to cigars, history and Cuba.<\/p>\n

Appetizer : Cod (Bacalao) \u2013 Wine : Sauvignon Blanc from Chile<\/p>\n

Entr\u00e9e : Slices of beef \u2013 Wine : Red Australian Shiraz & Cab Sauv.<\/p>\n

Dessert : Coconut cake \u2013 delicious.<\/p>\n

Sitting at my table and providing a few hours of unrivalled conversation, poems and historical insight was an imposing figure wearing a gallon hat and clearly enjoying the evening.<\/p>\n

One of the last three surviving \u201cComandantes de la Revolucion\u201d, the highest possible title and rank in Cuba, Sr Agustin Diaz Artaya or rather : Comandante, as we addressed him.<\/p>\n

He was one of the attackers of the Moncada barracks, imprisoned \u00a0for 3 \u00bd years and tortured at the Island of Pines, composer of the hymn of the \u201c26 July Movement\u201d, and renowned but not much published writer and poet in Cuba.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ecured.cu\/index.php\/Agust%C3%ADn_D%C3%ADaz_Cartaya<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bohemia.cu\/moncada\/relatos_combatientes\/relatos1.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.juventudrebelde.cu\/multimedia\/fotografia\/generales\/agustin-diaz-cartaya-asaltante-del-cuartel-carlos-manuel-de-cespedes-en-bayamo\/<\/a><\/p>\n

A good smoker and lover of the white wine, he regaled us with some of his poems and philosophical insights on Cuban, socialist and world history, while another interesting Cuban guest, Hector,\u00a0a photographer, gave us the real story on Korda\u2019s famous and iconic picture of Che, he was the last to portrait Korda in Cuba before his death in Paris.<\/p>\n

We finished the evening with the fantastic Ron Caney Centenario which can rival my beloved Santiago.<\/p>\n

Nino<\/p>\n

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