Obama Presidential Cigars From Nicaragua

Source from:  AP 05/21/2009

A box of Obama Presidential Series 44 cigars, made in honor of President Barack Obama, lays on a table at the Segovia Cigars tobacco company in Esteli, Nicaragua. The Corona, California, based-Granada 1524 Cigars company hired Nicaragua's Segovia Cigars to produce the Obama series which retails for between $15 and $20 a cigar, depending on the size.

Tobacco workers pack boxes with Obama Presidential Series 44 cigars, made in honor of President Barack Obama, at the Segovia Cigars tobacco company in Esteli, Nicaragua.

A farmer works on a tobacco plantation at the Segovia Cigars tobacco company in Esteli, Nicaragua.

Obama Presidential Series 44 cigars.

Tobacco workers pack boxes with Obama Presidential Series 44 cigars.

Miguel Ramirez, a partner of the tobacco company Granada 1524 and a descendant of African slaves, smokes an "Obama Presidential Series 44 cigar" made in honor of President Barack Obama in Esteli, Nicaragua.

A worker carries freshly picked tobacco leaves on the Segovia Cigars tobacco company plantation in Esteli, Nicaragua.

Farmers work on a tobacco plantation at the Segovia Cigars tobacco company in Esteli, Nicaragua. Enditem