Cuba suspends annual cigar festival as U.S. oil blockade deepens energy crisis

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An annual cigar festival in Cuba's capital city of Havana, which had been due to take place over five days in late February, has been suspended until further notice due to a worsening economic crisis. The postponement comes as the island nation's communist-run government endures its biggest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union . Habanos S.A., the cigar fair's organizer, said on Saturday that it had suspended the festival "with the aim of preserving the highest standards of quality,