Welcome to the reason roundtable, your weekly libertarian reminder that the government of Venezuela sucks.

I am Matt Welch joined by a laughing Nick Gillespie and Peter Suderman and

Catherine Mangyu Ward. What's new colleagues?

Ola.

Hi man.

Happy Monday.

We're going to talk about the remarkable reversal of fortunes in the 2024 presidential race here in a moment,

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