A saga of revolution and exile is dusted off in a capitalist battle for 40 percent of the world’s rum market.

The war over who owns Havana Club is still raging in the courts, but Bacardi hopes to sway the court of public opinion through the story of the family who left Castro's Cuba.

Who makes the real Havana Club Rum? Who should own the right to sell the liquor under the famous Havana Club brand name? Two companies are currently selling rum under the same name and for years ...

Cuban students in Old Havana pass a billboard for Havana Club rum. (Eliana Aponte/For The Washington Post) ...

HAVANA, Cuba — Sales of Cuba’s flagship rum, Havana Club, rose 15 per cent last year as the brand rebounded from a sluggish 2009 — the only year the company has ever posted negative growth.

Havana Club International - a joint venture between state-owned Cuba Ron and France's Pernod Ricard - says it exports rum to 125 countries. However, a U.S. Cold War-era trade embargo and related ...

Icónica is the name of Havana Club’s established top-end range; a luxury Cuban rum crafted through an exceptionally long and careful tropical aging process that has won the brand numerous ...

A long legal battle over a name The battle over Havana Club between Bacardi and Cubaexport has spanned three decades. In the 1950s, Havana Club was Cuba's second-largest rum brand after Bacardi.

Havana Club will keep churning out its famously smooth rum even as Cuba's sugar cane harvests plummet to historic lows and tensions ratchet up between Washington and Havana, the company's top ...

Havana Club will keep churning out its famously smooth rum even as Cuba's sugar cane harvests plummet to historic lows and tensions ratchet up between Washington and Havana, the company's top ...