Bacardi the distiller whose factories were nationalized dont give a crap any more

Bacardi very much till cares. They put a lot of pressure behind Helms-Burton and a lot of money into Florida politics. They are working hard behind the scenes to get international law in their favor so that they can reclaim their distillaries. The Bacardi family is still well remembered and respected in Santiago, Cuba and they are counting on that.

Cuba has worked a distribution deal with a European distributer to sell Cuban rum ("Havana Club" is the brand name, I think) in Europe; Bacardi worked hard on Helms-Burton to block that rum from being sold in the US. Havana Club is made in old Bacardi plants and that really annoys the Bacardis