Leopoldo López

Leopoldo López is a Venezuelan democratic leader and cofounder of the World Liberty Congress, a global network that connects nonviolent democracy advocates and political leaders. He was a political prisoner from 2014 to 2020 for leading peaceful protests and civil resistance against the regime of Nicolás Maduro and is currently a Wilson Center Fellow.
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July 2026, Volume 37, Issue 3

Democracy in an Age of Networked Control

The coercive tools of modern autocracies are highly integrated, with an ability to monitor, restrict, and shape behavior at scale and in real-time. It is time for democratic movements to adapt and respond with a decentralized resistance of their own.