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...Just-Drinks report. "Cognacs and aged whiskeys are what their parents drank." David Longfield, an editor at Drinks International in London, agrees. Aged rum "has a hip, even naughty aspect that Cognac tends to lack." Matusalem (a Spanish variation of Methuselah), for instance, uses a recipe smuggled out of Cuba after the 1959 revolution. The company's sales in Spain, one of the hottest aged-rum markets, are expected to double this year, to 660,000 bottles...
FIDEL CASTRO, recovering Cuban leader, lambasting U.S. foreign policy in a July 1 essay in Cuba's Communist Youth newspaper, Juventud Rebelde...
...Twenty-five acts have been commissioned specifically for the city, hailing from countries as diverse as Cuba and China. "We're absolutely the new kid on the block, but Manchester has contributed massively to popular culture over the last 25 years," the (Scottish) festival director Alex Poots told TIME. "We thought we should build a festival about original, modern work." Keeping in the spirit of civic regeneration, the festival's line-up is a varied, multi-sensory experience. It includes ballet from Cuba's Carlos Acosta, gigs from Smokey Robinson and Kanye West, a concert adaptation of Salman Rushdie...
...catalysts Americans need in order to demand reform of their ailing medical care system. With an emphasis on the 47 million uninsured in the U.S., Moore not only presents a chilling assessment of the status quo but goes on to advocate for the socialist approach of Canada, France and Cuba as a more effective alternative. "We're in a battle with these corporations who want to maintain their position," Moore said recently. "They don't want to give an inch on this, and we're out to upset the apple cart...
...news releases last week emphasizing the need for "a uniquely American solution." Health Care America, a non-profit financed in part by pharmaceutical and hospital companies, held briefings to document the the long wait-times common to government-run healthcare, such as those run by France and Cuba, and posted videos on its Web site detailing horror stories from Canada's system. "Mr. Moore is not telling the whole story. He plays fast and loose with the facts," says the group's executive director Sarah Berk. "We're here to educate the public on what he has left...