--- description: This mostly involved drinking rum, smoking cigars and dancing title: Of Course Conan O'Brien Smoked Cigars And Drank Rum in Cuba image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Conan O'Brien Improve Diplomatic Relations With Cuba  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2015 12:40 PM CUT  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2015 12:40 PM CUT Conan O’Brien helped the U.S. strengthen diplomatic ties when he began this Wednesday’s episode in Cuba. O’Brien begins the show speaking in Spanish, and then says, “This is a very historic time. Relations between Cuba and the United States are finally starting to thaw. I thought this was an amazing opportunity for me to come to Cuba, talk to the people and get to know them.” By “get to know them,” what Conan really means is visit a cigar factory, drink a lot of rum and learn the rumba. Watch, and learn. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3733177/conan-obrien-visit-cuba/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3733177/conan-obrien-visit-cuba/"},"headline":"Watch Conan O'Brien Improve Diplomatic Relations With Cuba","datePublished":"2015-03-05T12:40:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:56:04.779Z","description":"This mostly involved drinking rum, smoking cigars and dancing","url":"https://time.com/3733177/conan-obrien-visit-cuba/","keywords":["Television","Cuba topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3733177/conan-obrien-visit-cuba/","name":"Watch Conan O'Brien Improve Diplomatic Relations With Cuba"}}]}] ```