Name: The Afghan Money Pit & the Pacification of Rio
Released: 2014-03-14

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S2 · E1 — The Afghan Money Pit & the Pacification of Rio

S2:E1 · The Afghan Money Pit & the Pacification of Rio

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The Afghan Money Pit & the Pacification of Rio

30 min

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American Scrap & Children of the Drones

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A Syria of Their Own & White Gold

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Terrorist University & Armageddon Now

30 min

Rocky Mountain High & North Korean Defectors

30 min

The Pink Gang Rebellion & Genetic Passport

30 min

The Resource Curse & Deliver Us from Drought

30 min

Crude Awakening & The Enemy of My Enemy

30 min

E10

Playing with Nuclear Fire & No Man Left Behind

30 min

E11

Heroin Warfare & The Coldest War

30 min

E12

Surveillance City & The Forgotten War

30 min

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The Afghan Money Pit & the Pacification of Rio

Season 2 · Episode 1 · Mar 14, 2014

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.

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201330m7.0

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The Afghan Money Pit & the Pacification of Rio

Season 2 · Episode 1 · Mar 14, 2014

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