text:  And Marie-Noelle Nwokolo is an international development researcher born and raised in Ghana. Good to have you with us. Thank you, Ari. It's good to be here with you all. So three countries, three continents, Venezuela, Georgia and Ghana. Since Venezuela votes first, let's begin there. Is Venezuela's election in late July shaping up to be free and fair, especially when millions of Venezuelans, yourself included, as I understand, have left and may struggle to cast absentee votes?