Episode
VICE: Medical Détente & Bananas
Overview
“Medical Détente” - VICE correspondent Gianna Toboni travels to Cuba to witness potential treatments and cures that flourished in the country's biotech industry despite the decades-long US embargo. “Bananas” - VICE heads to the heart of banana country in Latin American and the Philippines to see the devastating effects of the disease and to investigate what the loss of the banana would really mean besides a less colorful lunchbox.
Details
- Series
- VICE
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2017-04-28
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Medical Détente & Bananas is Episode 9 in Season 5 of VICE. It aired on 2017-04-28. The runtime is 30 min.
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