The U.S. has spent nearly $100 billion on reconstruction projects in Afghanistan, the most spent on any country in history. But John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, has found that much of that money has been wasted and misused, and has even fallen into the hands of the Taliban. Shane Smith heads to Afghanistan for a tour of American taxpayer dollars gone down the drain. Rio de Janeiro is working hard to remedy its reputation as a drug and murder capital in time for the upcoming World Cup and Olympics. The Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE) has been charged with pacifying the slums (favelas), but BOPE's military occupation of increasing numbers of favelas has been criticized as heavy-handed. Some corrupt members of the BOPE, together with ex-police, have formed militia gangs of their own and are controlling many favelas by sinister means, openly extorting, torturing, killing and making criminals disappear. Still, there are hundreds of favelas, untouched by pacification, that remain under the control of drug gangs who act with complete impunity. Ben Anderson looks behind the picturesque façade of Rio's marketing campaign to reveal the dark underbelly of the city.
| Title | VICE - Season 2 Episode 1 : The Afghan Money Pit & the Pacification of Rio |
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| Alternative Titles | VICE on HBO |
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| First Air Date | 2013-04-05 |
| Last Air Date | 2018-12-14 |
| Number of Episodes | 113 |
| Number of Seasons | 6 |
| Genres | Documentary, News, War & Politics, |
| Networks | HBO, |
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| Plot Keywords | , |
Episodes List
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VICE Season 2 :Episode 1 The Afghan Money Pit & the Pacification of Rio The Afghan Money Pit & the Pacification of Rio
2014-03-14A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
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VICE Season 2 :Episode 2 Greenland Is Melting & Bonded Labor Greenland Is Melting & Bonded Labor
2014-03-21A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
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VICE Season 2 :Episode 3 American Scrap & Children of the Drones American Scrap & Children of the Drones
2014-03-28A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
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VICE Season 2 :Episode 4 A Syria of Their Own & White Gold A Syria of Their Own & White Gold
2014-04-04A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
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VICE Season 2 :Episode 5 Terrorist University & Armageddon Now Terrorist University & Armageddon Now
2014-04-11A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
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VICE Season 2 :Episode 6 Rocky Mountain High & North Korean Defectors Rocky Mountain High & North Korean Defectors
2014-04-25A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
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VICE Season 2 :Episode 7 The Pink Gang Rebellion & Genetic Passport The Pink Gang Rebellion & Genetic Passport
2014-05-02A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
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VICE Season 2 :Episode 8 The Resource Curse & Deliver Us from Drought The Resource Curse & Deliver Us from Drought
2014-05-09A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
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VICE Season 2 :Episode 9 Crude Awakening & The Enemy of My Enemy Crude Awakening & The Enemy of My Enemy
2014-05-16A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
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VICE Season 2 :Episode 10 Playing with Nuclear Fire & No Man Left Behind Playing with Nuclear Fire & No Man Left Behind
2014-05-23A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
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VICE Season 2 :Episode 11 Heroin Warfare & The Coldest War Heroin Warfare & The Coldest War
2014-06-06A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
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VICE Season 2 :Episode 12 Surveillance City & The Forgotten War Surveillance City & The Forgotten War
2014-06-13A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.
