Diageo fires shot at Bacardi in Caribbean rum war (The Malaysian Insider)

NEW YORK, Feb 24 – Diageo PLC accused rival Bacardi Ltd of trying to drive its Captain Morgan rum production out of the United States in order to protect its own substantial rum subsidies from the Puerto Rican government. Guy Smith, executive vice president of Diageo North America, said in a news release on Tuesday that Bacardi is leading a “hidden campaign” to drive Diageo's Captain Morgan rum ...

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Diageo accuses Bacardi of rum behaviour (Independent)

Diageo has launched a blistering attack on rival Bacardi, accusing it of leading a "hidden campaign" for commercial gain that would "kill" off a series of lucrative tax excises that the maker of Captain Morgan rum would receive by shifting production from Puerto Rico to the US Virgin Islands.

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Diageo and Bacardi at war over rum distillery (Daily Telegraph)

Diageo launched a scathing attack on rival Bacardi as the two drinks groups went to war over rum supremacy in America and a $2.7bn (£1.75bn) tax rebate from the US Virgin Islands.

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Florida senators in middle of rum fight (Miami Herald)

Yo, ho, ho and a lot of bottles of rum. Florida's two senators are taking heat for taking sides in an expensive and increasingly divisive rum war between the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

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Movie Review | 35 shots of rum: Watered-down story line leaves little proof of purpose (The Columbus Dispatch)

The title of the intimate French drama 35 Shots of Rum is so intriguing that anyone would long to understand its significance. Twice in director Claire Denis' film, the central character, a Paris Metro conductor, starts downing shots of rum with friends at a tavern. Downing 35 is significant, for some reason. Both times, the character admits to that but never tells why -- and stops short of the ...

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Personalised rum bottle a big win (News Mail)

BEN Prince's collection of Bundaberg Rum bottles is about to be enhanced by a special addition.

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In Haiti, a rum everyone can agree on (Los Angeles Times)

Rhum Barbancourt is a national tradition, surviving the tumult of the last century and a half. Whether it is weddings or holidays, or raising voodoo spirits, no other will do. When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt arrived here in 1934 to mark the end of America's occupation of Haiti, he insisted on toasting the hand-over with local Barbancourt rum. Two decades later, the visiting Vice ...

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Liquor bottles on display (The Fargo Forum)

Bottles of whiskey and rum from George Washington's Mount Vernon distillery recipes will be on display in April at the North Dakota Museum of Art at the University of North Dakota.

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Ravi B: 'Ah Drinka' not a rum song (Trinidad Express)

Sangre Grande residents remember Ravi Bissambhar as a little boy singing bhajans at his family home and at school. They loved him then, and they love him now. He still sings bhajans at religious functions. And a rum song to win the 2010 Chutney Soca Monarch title.

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Woman says man broke in, poured rum on her (The Buffalo News)

A Decker Street woman told police that a 39-year-old man known to her broke into her home early Saturday morning and poured a bottle of rum on her.

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Congressional Research Service report on Rum Excise Tax

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report reaffirming the Virgin Islands' assertion that the legislation Puerto Rico has introduced to limit the use of the rum excise tax is counter to the original intent of the program.

In a recent NNPA article, Delegate Donna Christensen, the U. S. Congressional representative from the Virgin Islands, warned that the dispute could ultimately collapse the Virgin Island's economy.

Resources:

CRS Report
St. Croix Source Article

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Tastings: A fine rum with unusual depth (The State)

Mount Gay Extra Old Rum, Barbados, 80 proof $40 750ml This rum

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