In the second edition of “Round table with the President”, a brand-new video podcast in which PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos hosts leading figures who act to uphold Council of Europe values, 2024 Havel Prize winner María Corina Machado dedicates the award to the millions of Venezuelans who, every day, embody Havel’s values and ideas.
Ms Machado is a co-founder and former leader of Venezuelan vote-monitoring and citizens’ rights group Súmate, a former member of Venezuela’s National Assembly and currently the National Co-ordinator of the Vente Venezuela political movement. Barred from running in Venezuela’s recent Presidential election, she went into hiding in August 2024, declaring that she feared for her life, her freedom, and that of her fellow citizens.
In the previous podcast, recently released Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza described his experience of two-and-a-half years of detention in Russia.