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Hurricane has Minimal Impact on Cigar in Nicaragua and Honduras 

Hurricane Felix struck Nicaragua as a Category 5 storm yesterday . . .

Despite the power of the storm, its impact on Nicaragua's cigar industry appears to be minimal. Cigar production in the country is concentrated in Estelí, much farther south, where little of the storm's strength was felt.

The biggest concern for the Nicaraguan cigar industry were the tobacco fields of Jalapa, which were close to the storm's impact zone in the north, near the border of Honduras.

"Jalapa's OK -- no problems," said Jorge Padrón, president of Padrón Cigars Inc., which uses tobacco from across Nicaragua.

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