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Senator Mel Martínez accused of complicity with Bacardi company

SOURCE: Gabriel Molina // Granma International (La Habana,Cuba)

17 Aug 2006 // The decision by the discredited government of George W. Bush allowing the Bacardi company in the United States to take over the well-known Havana Club rum brand comes at the same time as accusations that the administration’s former housing secretary illegally accepted funds from that powerful company, owned by Cuban-born businessmen.

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