"Three questions to the new president of Habanos"

[oliverdst]

http://www.internationalamateurdecigare.com/three-questions-new-president-habanos/

[irratebass]

Interesting article, thanks for sharing.

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Thanks for sharing!

[Ribeye]

Thanks for posting. There is also more excellent reading in the back issues.

[PigFish]

I find it interesting that anyone would ask a 'marketing arm' about production. The 50% that matters is owned by Tabacuba aka-the Cuban government. They own the cigars, the farms, the people and everything else on the Island.

-Piggy

[GasGuy82]

Does the below quote disturb anyone else?

"Nevertheless, we have no intentions of hiding the fact that we are facing a raw materials shortage. We can make up for it by turning to other solutions."

[NSXCIGAR]

Does the below quote disturb anyone else?

"Nevertheless, we have no intentions of hiding the fact that we are facing a raw materials shortage. We can make up for it by turning to other solutions."

Yes, I noticed that as well..."other solutions"--Soylent Green?

[El Presidente]

I find it interesting that anyone would ask a 'marketing arm' about production. The 50% that matters is owned by Tabacuba aka-the Cuban government. They own the cigars, the farms, the people and everything else on the Island.

-Piggy

Piggy

To be fair he has had a fairly rounded grounding for the role.

Mr. Núñez Blanco was born in the province of Pinar del Río. He is a Bachelor in Economics and has a brilliant professional career in the field of Agriculture. He has carried out other responsibilities in the development of his professional life; between 2001 and 2004 he was Vice-President of Economics of the Grupo Tabacuba (Tabacuba Group) to be appointed later on as Vice-Minister of Economics of the Ministry of Agriculture (2004-2010). After that he was appointed as Chief of the Food and Agriculture Mission in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Prior to his joining the Corporación Habanos, S.A., Mr. Núñez Blanco was Vice- President of Human Resources in the Brascuba Cigarrillos S.A Joint Venture.

[GasGuy82]

Yes, I noticed that as well..."other solutions"--Soylent Green?

...is people

[PigFish]

Piggy

To be fair he has had a fairly rounded grounding for the role.

Mr. Núñez Blanco was born in the province of Pinar del Río. He is a Bachelor in Economics and has a brilliant professional career in the field of Agriculture. He has carried out other responsibilities in the development of his professional life; between 2001 and 2004 he was Vice-President of Economics of the Grupo Tabacuba (Tabacuba Group) to be appointed later on as Vice-Minister of Economics of the Ministry of Agriculture (2004-2010). After that he was appointed as Chief of the Food and Agriculture Mission in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Prior to his joining the Corporación Habanos, S.A., Mr. Núñez Blanco was Vice- President of Human Resources in the Brascuba Cigarrillos S.A Joint Venture.

Mate you are a perpetual optimist... Why is it that I am hanging on "appointed" verses hired?

A Vice Minister of Economics... in a communist country... -LOL

I would have loved to be a fly on the wall at Com/Econ 101.

Final exam...

To get ahead in a the world you should:

A- Kill your competition (literally)

B- Steal the property of others

C- Join the "Party"

D- Learn how to goose-step

E- All the above

God bless ya' mate. I will stick with the cynicism and look forward to the day that you prove me wrong.

-Piggy

[TheMonk]

Nice, thanks for sharing!

[Smallclub]

To get ahead in a the world you should:

A- Kill your competition (literally)

B- Steal the property of others

C- Join the "Party"

D- Learn how to goose-step

E- All the above

This was also the agenda of some capitalist countries at certain times…

[Fugu]

> I.N.: I don’t believe production can double fast or reach the 200 millions mark tomorrow. But we are working towards this goal. We have to prepare the land, amend the soils, train vegueros and upgrade the industrial process. This cannot be done too fast. It will take several years. <

How will that effect quality of the end product?! Will they be able to avoid heading into a new 1999-2001? The last statement of Núnez lets me hope they learned their lesson.