The Dispatch is a series from The New York Times video department that seeks to bear witness to important global news events. The team covers the front lines of social and political unrest across the world. They have documented the rise of right-wing populism, the brutality of left-wing dictatorships and the struggle for survival and justice amid the two, environmental damage, uncovered corruption, and human rights abuses. Recent stories have exposed the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, illegal gold supply chains in Colombia, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, police brutality in Chile, and the changing politics of immigration in Central America.