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A panel discussion will talk about the political future of Venezuela, where after its primary election, voters chose Henrique Capriles, governor of Miranda state, as the unified opposition candidate for the upcoming presidential election.
Speaker: Jennifer McCoy, Professor, Carter Center
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Sophia Moestrup, NDI's Deputy Regional Director for Central and West Africa, will moderate a luncheon panel, "Beyond Protest: Innovations in Youth Activism," hosted by the National Endowment for Democracy.
Speakers for the panel discussion are Kingsley N. T. Bangwell, Youngstars Foundation, Nigeria; Nada Alwadi, Bahrain Press Association, Bahrain; Juan Pio Hernandez, Venezuela Perspectives, Venezuela; and Darko Brkan, Zašto ne (Why Not), Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Time: 12:15 to 2 p.m.




