A short
clarification to excellent noder
kolzig's post on Romeo y Julieta. The
operations of Romeo y Julieta were not
technically partially moved to the
Dominican Republic so that those
cigars could be sold legally in the
United States.
What did happen?
After the Cuban revolution, most industries in Cuba were nationalized. This included the cigar industry. All cigars in Cuba are now technically made by a single state run enterprise. The owners, prior to nationalization, of Romeo y Julieta, began anew in the Dominican Republic. For some of the other cigar brands that are produced in both Cuba and elsewhere, a similar pattern occurred. In some cases, the prior owners started over elsewhere, in some cases they simply sold their brand name.
By the way, Romeo y Julieta, is also the Spanish translation for Romeo and Juliet, the play by Shakespeare.