Nicaragua has long had a history of civil unrest, and as anyone who follows the news recently is aware, it is once again a country in chaos. Rioting, road closures, and even slayings are all too ...

With skilled hands and four decades of experience, Aristo Torres mixes tobacco leaves in a cigar factory in northern Nicaragua, most of which are exported to the United States. To make the cigar “we ...

Part of the success of Nicaragua's thriving cigar industry is a carefully honed mystique of family: how the clannish industry was forged and maintained by a handful of fathers, sons, cousins, brothers ...

From “rich and full-bodied” to “complex with hints of licorice,” aficionados exhaust the lexicon to capture the essence of Nicaragua’s most highly prized produce — not wine, but cigars, which are ...

MANAGUA, NicaraguaMANAGUA, Nicaragua — President Barack Obama has solved the economic crisis – at least for one cigar company. As soon as Obama won the November election, Granada 1524 Cigars of Corona ...

ESTELI, Nicaragua (AFP)— From “rich and full-bodied” to “complex with hints of licorice”, aficionados exhaust the lexicon to capture the essence of Nicaragua’s most highly-prized produce — not wine, ...

After Fidel Castro took control of Cuba in 1959, many of the country’s cigar makers decamped for more favorable political climates. Most settled in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and ...

Padron boss Jorge Padron pauses between puffs during an interview with AFP at his factory in Esteli in January AFP / INTI OCON Part of the success of Nicaragua's thriving cigar industry is a carefully ...

Part of the success of Nicaragua's thriving cigar industry is a carefully honed mystique of family: how the clannish industry was forged and maintained by a handful of fathers, sons, cousins, brothers ...