VICE on HBO Season 2: Afghan Money Pit & The Pacification of Rio (Episode 1)

Check out Episode 2 on VICE: http://bit.ly/VICE-HBO-S2-E2 In the first episode, Shane Smith travels to Kabul to follow the trail of American money pouring into the Afghan reconstruction—one of the most expensive, fraudulent, and wasteful uses of American tax dollars ever. Then, VICE correspondent Ben Anderson travels to Rio de Janeiro, where the Brazilian government took extreme measures to clean up the city's rampant drugs and crime in advance of the World Cup and Olympics. Read Ben Anderson's Update From Rio: http://bit.ly/1s5Xaun Watch Shane & Ben's Debrief: http://bit.ly/VICE-HBO-Debrief-1 Check out Season 1 of VICE on HBO: http://bit.ly/VICE-HBO-S1 More from Shane Smith: http://www.vice.com/author/shane-smith Follow Shane on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shanesmith30 Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Read our Tumblr: http://vicemag.tumblr.com Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice