This drink is often confused with a typical rum and coke and although they are similar. The Cuba Libre is made with lime juice. Fun Fact : As the story goes, in the year 1900, a captain in the U.S. Army stationed in Havana during the Spanish-American War poured Coca-Cola and a squeeze of lime into his Bacardí and toasted his Cuban comrades by calling out in the bar, “Por Cuba Libre!” (“To a free Cuba!”). And just like that, a legend was born and the drink forever was known as Cuba Libre. However, Since Cuba was never freed. Some call it Mentirita.