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An Interview With Manuel Quesada
The head of Manufactura de Tabacos S.A. (Matasa), makers of Fonseca, Cubita and other cigars.
David Savona
From the Print Edition:
Alec Baldwin, May/June 2004
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Q: So when you started in the Santiago free zone, was there any other cigar factory there?
A: Nobody in the free zone. The free zones started in ,72, and the first free zone to open was in La Romana.
Q: When did Santiago's free zone open?
A: Seventy-four. The building where we are is where [then president Joaquin] Balaguer inaugurated the free zone of Santiago. Our building was used for the ceremony, and right after the ceremony, we moved in.
Q: What other companies were there?
A: There were three buildings. Ours was in the middle.
Q: That was it?
A: That was it.
Q: Today it's so large. You must look at it now and say, "My God, I don't even recognize this place."
A: There are 45,000 or 47,000 people working in the free zone. There aren't many towns in the Dominican Republic that have as many
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