05:45 PM - 07:00 PM
The 2025 Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World will be delivered by Leopoldo López, a Venezuelan prodemocracy activist and cofounder of the World Liberty Congress.
09:30 AM - 11:00 AM
The National Endowment for Democracy hosts a discussion on how authoritarian regimes deploy censorship and “sharp power” tactics to silence free expression worldwide—and how democracies can respond.
05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
On Tuesday, July 22 at 5:30 pm, the NED Board posthumously awarded the Democracy Service Medal to Oswaldo Payá.