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Václav Havel Institute

11-10-2025

Closing Event - Goodbye Lenin Programme 2025

The event was held at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Buenos Aires, where certificates for the Milada Horáková Prize were presented, along with a distinction awarded to Dr Ricardo López Göttig, who gave a talk on the anniversaries of Kristallnacht, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the Velvet Revolution.

This educational activity is organised by CADAL’s Václav Havel Institute and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. It includes a six-session virtual seminar, a competition for the Milada Horáková Prize, and a closing conference.

Closing Event - Goodbye Lenin Programme 2025

H.E. Jarmila Povejšilová, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Argentina; Susanne Käss, Representative in Argentina of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation; and Gabriel C. Salvia, General Director of CADAL, at the opening of the closing conference of the Goodbye Lenin Programme 2025.

Closing Event - Goodbye Lenin Programme 2025

Natasha Steinberg, Director of Human Rights for the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires; Susanne Käss; Filip Kanda, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Argentina; and H.E. Jarmila Povejšilová, presenting the diplomas for the Milada Horáková Prize 2025 to the four winners.

Closing Event - Goodbye Lenin Programme 2025

The four winners of the Milada Horáková Prize 2025: María Candela Costa Taralli (Catholic University of Salta), Lourdes Lobo (San Pablo University, Tucumán), Lucila Fernández (Catholic University of Salta, La Plata), and Candela Aguierre (Catholic University of Salta).

Closing Event - Goodbye Lenin Programme 2025

During the event, Ricardo López Göttig, Doctor of History from Charles University in Prague and professor of the Goodbye Lenin seminar, received a Distinction from CADAL for Academic Commitment to International Democratic Solidarity. He then spoke about the anniversaries of Kristallnacht, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the Velvet Revolution.

Closing Event - Goodbye Lenin Programme 2025

Among those attending the event were the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Poland in Buenos Aires, H.E. Bogna Ruminowicz; the Vice President of the Holocaust Museum, Guillermo Yanco; and democratic activists from Cuba (Roberto Hechaverría and Alain Espinosa) and Venezuela (Griselda Colina and Ayrton Monsalve).

 
 
 

 
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