Bacard y la larga lucha por Cuba

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En 1862, Facundo Bacardi apost por crear en Cuba una pequena destileria de ron, una bebida que hasta entonces solo consumian marineros y obreros. Pronto el ron Bacardi se convertiria en la bebida favorita de la isla y quedaria ligado a la identidad cubana. Recorriendo la historia de la familia Bacardi, que siempre ha estado en primer plano en todos los grandes acontecimientos de la historia de Cuba --desde la Independencia hasta el actual embargo pasando por la Revoluci n y Bahia de Cochinos-- Tom Gjelten ha escrito una epica narrativa que explica la Cuba moderna, sus tormentosas relaciones con Estados Unidos, la ascensi n de Fidel Castro -de la que se ofrece una perspective hasta ahora desconocida- y la violenta divisi n que sufre la naci n cubana desde entonces.

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"The Bacardi liquor story is every bit as engaging as Cuba's tumultuous political history, and both narrative strands are inexorably intertwined."
-The Washington Post

"A gripping saga that tells us just as much about human nature and the struggle between power and freedom as it does about Bacardi's transformation from a fledgling business into the world's top family-owned distiller."
-The Wall Street Journal

"It's hard to imagine that any [Cuban history] is as enjoyable . . . as smooth and refreshing as a well-made daiquiri."
-Barry Gewen, The New York Times

Author Bio

Tom Gjelten is a veteran correspondent for National Public Radio on international issues and a regular panelist on the PBS program Washington Week. His reporting from Bosnia won him George Polk and Robert F. Kennedy awards. He is the author of Sarajevo Daily- A City and Its Newspaper Under Siege. He lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his family.