Oliva Cigars COO Fidel Valdés Rodríguez on the expansion of the Tabolisa factory in Nicaragua

Fidel Valdés Rodríguez is the engineer behind thee recent expansion and overhaul of Oliva Cigar's Tabolisa factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. We sat with the Cuban-born COO to talk about his journey from Cuba to the Nicaraguan cigar industry, the technology behind the new production methods at Oliva, and the way that all the change at the company connects to the happiness of the workers who make it all go. Music in this episode: "BossaBossa" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0