The prime minister of Tibet’s exiled government said today that leaders would push for Tibetan independence if a key meeting of exiles this week decides to drop the Dalai Lama’s measured path of compromise.

Bacardi Ltd, the world’s biggest rum maker, asked a Washington court to give it the right to sell Havana Club rum in the US, the latest step in a decade-long battle with the Cuban government and Pernod Ricard SA for control of the brand.