SAN LUIS, Cuba -- A neighbor lent him a house to dry leaves, and he had a little fertilizer saved, so he plucked up the courage to plant. Now, Hirochi Robaina can hardly believe the resulting miracle.

Farm workers work a tobacco field on a farm at kilometer 7 in La Coloma community in Pinar del Río, Cuba, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Six months after Hurricane Ian devastated 80% of the region’s tobacco ...

In 2021, Cuba exported cigars worth $568 million according to the latest figures published by Habanos S.A -- a 15 percent increase from the year before - Copyright ...

SOUTHWICK, Mass. -- They’re among the lucky few, John, Fred and Dave Arnold. There’s a good supply of crisp broadleaf tobacco drying in their 14 curing sheds and over the next couple of weeks they’ll ...

A neighbor lent him a house to dry leaves, and he had a little fertilizer saved, so he plucked up the courage to plant. Now, Hirochi Robaina can hardly believe the resulting miracle. Robaina, one of ...

SAN LUIS, Cuba — A neighbor lent him a house to dry leaves, and he had a little fertilizer saved, so he plucked up the courage to plant tobacco. Now, Hirochi Robaina can hardly believe the resulting ...