Photo by Clarissa Wei.
Here at MUNCHIES, we're thrilled about Daily VICE, the brand new daily show bringing you the best content that VICE has to offer.Today, MUNCHIES senior editor Matthew Zuras made an appearance to discuss a story about the sugarcane workers who are responsible for some of Nicaragua's most popular rum.Reporter Clarissa Wei spent time in the town of Chichigalpa, a small town in western Nicaragua, where sugarcane workers are facing an epidemic of chronic kidney disease, which is believed to be caused by working conditions in the field.Of course, rum can't be made without sugar. Wei's story connects the dots between the sugarcane fields, the men who work in them, and the liquor that couldn't be made without their labor.To learn more about the epidemic facing Nicaragua and its connection to the rum we drink, check out the full story here.