Originally Posted by
ajGoes
This looks like good advice to me, though I guess it depends how much you value the rum. If you want to be 100% certain it will make it home, you should ship it so it doesn't transit the US. It will end up being an extremely expensive bottle of rum though.
One barrier is the USPS and Cuba have no postal accords, so the goods would have to be shipped via a third country.
Bring it in your baggage, declare 750 ml of rum, don't lie if you are asked if it's Cuban or if you've been to Cuba, and it might get through. Or not, as things are presently (they might change soon, or they may be stymied by Pres. Castro's demands in San José, Costa Rica today the US must end the embargo and give back Guantánamo Bay).
Here are the latest requirements under US Treasury:
http://www.treasury.gov/resource-cen...a_faqs_new.pdf