It's now almost 7pm and the November 7th issue is still not up yet? I know it's election day and many of the writers/editors may be recovering from the Big Smoke, but I would hope that all this was anticipated in advance. It seems every issue gets released later and later in the day. Of the last 14 issues not a single one has been available before 3pm, most between 4 and 6pm. So what gives? Don't mean to complain, but it would really be nice to read the latest issue while drinking my Tuesday morning coffee.

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This one was held up a bit by the big news out of Nicaragua: on Tuesday morning, it became clear that Daniel Ortega seemed to have won Nicaragua's election. Nicaragua is the third-largest producer of premium cigars for the U.S. market, and a major supplier of leaf to cigarmakers in other countries, so this was big news, as things were not good the last time Ortega held power. That meant reporting and writing a significant story for that day's issue. I managed to contact and interview four major Nicaraguan cigarmakers before writing the story.

We aim to launch the issue at 5 pm on the day it comes out, but sometimes the news of the day makes us a little late. And yes, the fact that we were all out in Vegas for the Big Smoke made things a bit more hectic as well. Sorry for the delay, but thanks for reading Cigar Insider.