
1865
I Generation
Don Eduardo Plasencia left The Canary Islands in search of success and opportunity and started growing tobacco in Vuelta Abajo, Cuba.

1898
II Generation
Don Eduardo’s nephew, Sixto Plasencia Juares, expanded the business and opened the Corojal farm.

1920
III Generation
Elder Sixto Plasencia created “Hijos de Sixto Plasencia” (Sixto Plasencia’s sons) and began to export and sell to bigger companies.

1963
Castro’s regime confiscated the farms. Don Elder Sixto and his family fled to Mexico with only what they could carry, and later relocated to Nicaragua.

1965
Starting again from scratch, Don Elder Sixto planted his best seeds in the fertile soils of Nicaragua.

1978
The Sandinistas burned the farms, forcing the family to move to Honduras.

1986
IV Generation
Néstor Plasencia entered the cigar business, manufacturing 1 million cigars a year for other companies.

1990
Keeping the farms in Honduras, the family went back to Nicaragua to revive the land and raise the production to 33 million cigars a year.

2000
30 different brands trust Plasencia to produce their cigars.

2015
Plasencia became the largest grower of tobacco in the world with more than 6,000 employees, 4 factories, and 8 plantations in Honduras and Nicaragua, producing 40 million cigars a year.

2017
V Generation
Plasencia Cigars, the family’s own brand was launched. Néstor Andrés, Gustavo, and José Luis Plasencia introduced the Alma series, Reserva Original, and the Cosecha 146 among others.

2019
Launch of Alma del Fuego.
