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Keynote speech and subsequent panel discussion with Leopoldo López, Venezuelan opposition leader in exile and committed activist for freedom and democracy.

A joint event organized by Berliner Sparkasse and the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe. The event is aimed at young adults.

Leopoldo López is a Venezuelan politician and opposition leader. He played a leading role in the anti-government protests in Venezuela in 2014. Since then, he has been imprisoned several times as a political prisoner or placed under house arrest. In October 2020, he managed to flee abroad.

Leopoldo López is co-founder of the World Liberty Congress, an organization launched in 2022 that aims to serve as a counterweight to the global autocratic alliance by connecting nonviolent, pro-democracy activists and leaders from around the world. Leopoldo López is currently a visiting scholar at the Wilson Center and The Institute and has also been a lecturer at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

Moderator: Julius Neumann

Admission: 9:00 a.m.
Start: 9:30 a.m.

Venue:
Französischer Dom, Gendarmenmarkt 7, 10117 Berlin
Entrance Charlottenstr.

Binding registrations are accepted at freedom-week@berliner-sparkasse.de, stating your first and last name.