by Arturo Fuente | Jul 18, 2018
Hurricane George destroyed 17 out of 19 Tobacco Barns
by Arturo Fuente | Jul 18, 2018
Attempting what never had been done before, Carlito overcame the challenges of growing Dominican wrapper and in 1992, “Project X from Planet 9” was born. Carlito had created the first successful 100% Dominican puro cigar, the Fuente Fuente OpusX. When Cigar Aficionado...
by Arturo Fuente | Jul 18, 2018
January 3, 1980, Carlos met with the Oliva family to discuss a new venture in the Dominican Republic. That same year on September 4th, Carlos and his son Carlito, with their families at their side, opened Fuente LTD in Santiago, Dominican Republic. The following year...
by Arturo Fuente | Jul 18, 2018
In the early 1970’s Carlos Fuente experimented with growing tobacco in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua. Carlos also worked to open a factory in the Dominican Republic, but the government made it very difficult. Referred by Angel Oliva Jr., Carlos...
by Arturo Fuente | Jul 18, 2018
While many companies were going out of business due to the Cuban embargo, the Fuente companies were thriving. Carlos had taken many risks and they had paid off. In 1965, he purchased The Charles the Great Building on 22nd Street in Ybor City to support the growth of...
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