Vanguard

- Season 1

(2007)

Laura Ling visits a native tribe in Brazil's Amazon forest.

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Central Americans account for an increasing percentage of illegal immigrants in the US. Mariana van Zeller joins immigrants from Central America on the perilous and sometimes deadly journey to El Norte.

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Vanguard investigates the growing Neo-Nazi movement in Russia and the new trend of their recording and publishing their violent public attacks on immigrants and foreigners.

The Kambo frog (or "giant leaf frog") is a toxic frog native to the Amazon Rainforest. It also secretes a pharmaceutical cocktail that could hold secrets for modern medicine.

Vanguard investigates the politics at play in the world of prison gangs.

Vanguard investigates the environmental issues plaguing Madagascar.

The unromantic truth behind the two of the most classic symbols of love.

Vanguard investigates the extremes of enforcing church and state in Turkey.

Bhutan is on the verge of change. This year, it will transform itself from an absolute monarchy to a parliamentary democracy - a move that leaves many young Bhutanese puzzled and uneasy.

Vanguard takes you on a whirlwind tour of Chongqing, China - a burgeoning city of 12 million people.

The Pan-American Highway goes from Alaska to Argentina--except for a 60 mile gap in the lawless jungles of southern Panama. Jael travels to the end of the road and beyond to see what stops South America from entering North America.

By next year, more than half the world's population will for the first time in history be living in cities. Current Vanguard's Mariana van Zeller tours Lagos, Nigeria, the world's fastest-growing "Megacity."

Vanguard examines the mass issue of underemployment in the Philippines.

Vanguard's Mariana van Zeller travels to the "Saudi Arabia of Ethanol", and has a few drinks while she's at it.

Vanguard takes a trip to an electronic wasteland in Southern China, where much the world's electronic waste ends up; examining the crude process of recycling this e-waste, and the serious health and environmental consequences.

Vanguard examines the droughts in China, Florida, and Lake Mead.