a total loss there were more but most of our dinner the company has set up fifty such greenhouses so far demand is high. now katie needs the infrastructure to give farmers from across the country access to their business model. cuba is trying to cope with a new reality after u.s. sanctions imposed on its exports came soon after relations had just started to improve but the cigar industry in cuba has grown steadily that s in part thanks to the search for other markets most recently yes you guessed it china an icon of cuba no not for del castro his cigar something the communist dictator had in common with u.s. president john f. kennedy who ordered twelve hundred cuban studies before blockading the island during the cold war. ties aren t quite so bad nowadays but the economic boycott is still in place so cuba has to look elsewhere for exports that s good news for
definitely here in miami dade county. back to you in the studio. and that s miami celebrating the death of fidel castro. word is coming out, and as people are finding out they are going to the streets of miami and celebrating as people said, the death of fidel castro. we re going to go to nbc gabe guy ate ez right now. you ve been in cuba. how long do you think the people of cuba are taking this news that fidel castro has died at the age of 90? we were in cuba just a few days ago. went there on tuesday and wednesday, and we were shooting a story about the impact of the cigar industry and how the lifting of restrictions several weeks ago by the obama administration and cuban cigars might affect businesses here in the united states. we re also speaking about how they felt about the stalling of diplomatic relations that we ve talked about the past few minutes now, and, you know,
re-establish full diplomatic ties after 50 years. if cigar industry is already receiving a boost from the effort to improve relations. cuba s green gold. one leaf at a time. the island s legendary cigars bring in hundreds of millions of dollars, a bright spot in an otherwise teetering economy. but many more may soon be lighting up a legal cuban cigar. it now allows u.s. citizens to bring back up to 100 dollars in cuban to bako. the first thing swre to do with the americans is create an appetite for our product because they have lost that.