Bacardi indictment draws top Republican into donation row

Bacardi indictment draws top Republican into donation row
By Adrian Gatton
Independent on Sunday
26 September 2004

Bacardi has been indicted by a Texas grand jury on charges of making an illegal $20,000 (£13,600) payment to a Republican political group whose founder lobbied against rival Cuban rum brand Havana Club.

Bacardi and choke: US ruling challenged in feud over rival rum from Cuba

Bacardi and choke: US ruling challenged in feud over rival rum from Cuba
Adrian Gatton reports on the latest twist in the decade-long fight for the rights to the Havana Club label
The Independent on Sunday
11 April 2004

Bacardi, the rum giant privately owned by the eponymous and ultra-secretive family, has appealed against a decision by the US Patent Office dismissing its earlier bid to cancel the US trademark of its rival, the Cuban-made Havana Club rum.