MÉRIDA, Mexico -. The exclusive gala and closing auction of the 24th Cigar Festival raised 17,800,000 Euros on Friday, which will be allocated to Cuban Public Health system, according to Cubadebate.
Cuba’s head-of-state Miguel Díaz-Canel did not miss the luxurious closing, where several exclusive humidors were auctioned, and which the official press described as a space of “confluence and exchange among friends.”
On this occasion, few images of the event have transpired, after those from previous occasions gave Cubans a glimpse of the lavish lifestyle of their leaders.
Manuel Marrero Cruz, a member of the Political Bureau and Prime Minister, also did not miss the gala, which took place at the Pabexpo fairgrounds.
At the gala, “music and dance seasoned the evening, which was not lacking in Cuban flavor and the rhythm of other latitudes,” the official press described.
The Cigar Festival of 2024 consisted of visits to tobacco plantations in Pinar del Río and to cigar factories in Havana; master lectures; an