Cuban cologne creators to face punishment

Cuba will punish state employees who created two colognes named for Ernesto "Che" Guevara and late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the government announced Saturday, swiftly quashing plans to market the fragrances honoring the leftist icons.

Test bottles of colognes named "Ernesto" and "Hugo" were produced by state pharmaceutical company Labiofam with the aim of selling them domestically and internationally. An Associated Press report on the project Thursday generated waves of reaction online, with many readers mocking the project and some Cuban government supporters blasting it as disrespectful.

Cuba's Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers, headed by President Raul Castro, said in a front-page announcement in the country's main newspaper that it would take unspecified disciplinary measures against figures involved in the project. The report did not identify those facing punishment.

"Symbols are sacred, yesterday, today and forever," the committee declared in a statement also read on state television and radio throughout the day.

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Talk about sacred cows. Cheery bunch, these Cuban commies.