Leopoldo
Leopoldo López 👍
Mayor of Caracas (Chacao) 2000-08. Lead protest against the dictatorship 2014 and was sent to prison. Escaped in 2021. Im now in exile and cofounded the worldlibertycongress.org
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Last Notes npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Cuando un gobernante le dice a su pueblo que se olvide de la democracia, hay que creerle. Eso no es retórica. Es una doctrina de poder. En Venezuela hemos escuchado ese lenguaje durante años, a veces de frente y a veces disfrazado de orden. La respuesta es la misma en todas partes: organizarnos, resistir y construir instituciones que ningún tirano pueda controlar. La libertad se defiende en la calle, en el voto y ahora también en los protocolos que decidimos construir. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo When a ruler tells his people to forget democracy, believe him. That is not rhetoric. It is a governing doctrine. We have heard that language in Venezuela for years, sometimes openly, sometimes disguised as order. The answer is the same everywhere: organize, resist, and build institutions no tyrant can own. Freedom is defended in the streets, in the ballot box, and now in the protocols we choose to build. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo test from automation npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo When a ruler tells his people to forget democracy, believe him. That is not rhetoric. It is a governing doctrine. We have heard that language in Venezuela for years, sometimes openly, sometimes disguised as order. The answer is the same everywhere: organize, resist, and build institutions no tyrant can own. Freedom is defended in the streets, in the ballot box, and now in the protocols we choose to build. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo “La libertad no es algo que te dan. Es algo que sostienes.” npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo “Freedom is not something you’re given. It’s something you hold.” npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Levantar sanciones a Delcy Rodríguez no es una transición democrática. Venezuela no necesita un rostro reciclado para la misma estructura autoritaria. La libertad comienza con verdad, Estado de derecho, derechos políticos y el regreso de la soberanía al pueblo. Ningún arreglo con el régimen sustituye a la democracia real. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Lifting sanctions on Delcy Rodríguez does not equal democratic transition. Venezuela does not need a recycled face for the same authoritarian structure. Freedom starts with truth, rule of law, political rights, and the return of sovereignty to the people. No arrangement with the regime is a substitute for real democracy. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo TEST from Electra please ignore npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Lifting sanctions on Delcy Rodríguez does not equal democratic transition. Venezuela does not need a recycled face for the same authoritarian structure. Freedom starts with truth, rule of law, political rights, and the return of sovereignty to the people. No arrangement with the regime is a substitute for real democracy. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo ¿Quién tiene las llaves de tu voz, tu dinero y tu inteligencia? npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Who holds the keys to your speech, your money, and your intelligence? npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo La decisión de EE.UU. de levantar sanciones a Delcy Rodríguez no es un reinicio. Es una advertencia. Venezuela no necesita la normalización de una autocracia reciclada. Necesita una transición democrática con justicia, instituciones abiertas y soberanía devuelta a los ciudadanos. La libertad no se negocia a través de la misma maquinaria que destruyó la república. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo The U.S. decision to lift sanctions on Delcy Rodríguez is not a reset. It is a warning. Venezuela does not need the normalization of a recycled autocracy. It needs a democratic transition with justice, open institutions, and sovereignty returned to its citizens. Freedom is not negotiated through the same machinery that destroyed the republic. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Un hilo sobre las llaves de la libertad: npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo A thread on the keys to freedom: npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Más de 600 presos políticos habrían sido liberados en Venezuela desde enero. Eso importa. Pero la libertad no puede ser una puerta giratoria, y la justicia no puede ser selectiva. Todos los presos políticos deben ser liberados. Los centros de tortura deben cerrarse. La represión debe terminar. Venezuela no necesita gestos. Venezuela necesita una transición democrática real. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo More than 600 political prisoners have reportedly been released in Venezuela since January. That matters. But freedom is not a revolving door, and justice is not selective. Every political prisoner must be released. Torture centers must be closed. Repression must end. Venezuela does not need gestures. Venezuela needs a real democratic transition. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Más de 600 presos políticos habrían sido liberados en Venezuela desde enero. Eso importa. Pero la libertad no puede ser una puerta giratoria, y la justicia no puede ser selectiva. Todos los presos políticos deben ser liberados. Los centros de tortura deben cerrarse. La represión debe terminar. Venezuela no necesita gestos. Venezuela necesita una transición democrática real. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo More than 600 political prisoners have reportedly been released in Venezuela since January. That matters. But freedom is not a revolving door, and justice is not selective. Every political prisoner must be released. Torture centers must be closed. Repression must end. Venezuela does not need gestures. Venezuela needs a real democratic transition. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo En prisión, el sonido más duro no era el grito. Era el candado. Un candado de un kilo cerrándose sobre la puerta de una celda te recuerda que alguien más controla tu movimiento, tu silencio, tu tiempo. Por eso la libertad nunca es abstracta para mí. La libertad comienza el día en que las llaves dejan de estar en manos del tirano. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo In prison, the hardest sound was not the shouting. It was the lock. A one-kilo padlock closing on the door of a cell reminds you that someone else controls your movement, your silence, your time. That is why freedom is never abstract to me. Freedom begins the day the keys are no longer in the hands of the tyrant. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo In prison, the hardest sound was not the shouting. It was the lock. A one-kilo padlock closing on the door of a cell reminds you that someone else controls your movement, your silence, your time. That is why freedom is never abstract to me. Freedom begins the day the keys are no longer in the hands of the tyrant. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo María es enfermera en Caracas. No necesita un discurso sobre la libertad. Necesita herramientas que le permitan proteger el valor de su trabajo cuando la inflación se lo roba de un día para otro. Cuando recibe Bitcoin por Lightning, eso no es teoría. Eso es dignidad en sus propias manos. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo María is a nurse in Caracas. She does not need a speech about freedom. She needs tools that let her protect the value of her work when inflation steals it overnight. When she receives Bitcoin over Lightning, that is not theory. That is dignity held in her own hands. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo María is a nurse in Caracas. She does not need a speech about freedom. She needs tools that let her protect the value of her work when inflation steals it overnight. When she receives Bitcoin over Lightning, that is not theory. That is dignity held in her own hands. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo 📢 Importante: Esta es mi cuenta activa de Nostr. Mi cuenta anterior perdió acceso a su clave privada. Ya no puedo publicar ni actualizarla. Si me seguías allí, por favor sígueme aquí. Esta es la única cuenta desde la que publico. Soy Leopoldo López — ex alcalde de Chacao, preso político durante 7 años en Venezuela, ahora en el exilio. Cofundador del World Liberty Congress. Verificado: [email protected] . La libertad no es algo que te dan. Es algo que sostienes. #Nostr #Venezuela #Libertad #Democracia npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo 📢 Importante: Esta es mi cuenta activa de Nostr.[email protected] npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo 📢 Important: This is my active Nostr account.[email protected] npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Hoy, 5.700 millones de personas — el 72% de la humanidad — viven bajo regímenes autocráticos. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Today, 5.7 billion people — 72% of humanity — live under autocratic rule. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo La autocracia no comienza con las esposas. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Autocracy does not begin with handcuffs. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo What’s the Tik Tok algorithm feeding ? npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo The Opportunity npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo The Scale npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Today I am in Oslo for the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, a historic recognition for our struggle and for the Venezuelan people. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Intentan quitarme la nacionalidad. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Hace 16 años, el 31 de octubre de 2008, un mensaje anónimo cambió la historia: npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Jailed by a Dictator, Fighting Back with Bitcoin | Leopoldo López npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Thanks to Thomas and the great team from PubKey. npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo Why I think Nostr is an alternative to people under autocratic regimes like Venezuela: npub1yxd53jkacz02yxfskkcmuwpscnfgzxx4mfpem6fs96a0jze8dfasgx3ylt Leopoldo I’m Leopoldo Lopez from Venezuela, joined Nostr a couple of months ago but lost my private key, standing next to Odell, I’m here to bring Nostr to freedom fighters in Venezuela and around the world.
