Monthly Archives: August 2015
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More than 35 films, 30 venues, 11 cities, 40 special guests and 12 countries in the DREFF 2015
Over 35 films, documentaries, and national and international short films will be displayed at the fifth edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) taking place September 8-13, in cities across the Dominican Republic. With hot topics that range from recycling and activism, to food waste and animal extinction, a total of 11 cities across the country will host over 30 screening venues for those in attendance.
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“An Open Letter to Jimmy Carter”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
A short while ago, for health reasons, you suspended a trip to Guyana, where you were meant to head a delegation to monitor the electoral process in that South American nation, causing the rest of us in the delegation a bit of worry. Our minds were put at ease, however, when we found out that you had almost immediately returned to your everyday labors.
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Dr. Leonel Fernández Urges Latin America to Lean More Toward the World of Technology
Dr. Leonel Fernández, President of GFDD/Funglode, said Latin America needs to move closer to the world of technology in order to generate added value through knowledge and human resources, and not necessarily those based on products that are cyclical.
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GFDD/Funglode Attends the Final Weeks of Negotiations and Historic Adoption of the Draft Post-2015 Development Agenda
The final version of the draft Post-2015 Development Agenda (the Agenda), entitled ‘Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,’ was adopted by acclamation at the conclusion of an informal plenary of intergovernmental negotiations on Sunday August 2. GFDD/Funglode was present for the concluding session of a negotiating process that has spanned more than two years, as countries agreed to an ambitious agenda that features 17 new sustainable development goals
that aim to end poverty, promote prosperity and people’s well-being while protecting the environment by 2030.
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“The Dominican Republic: An Amnesty of Nationality?”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
Despite no convincing evidence has been presented of cases of stateless people in our country, nor unequivocal evidence of mass deportations or humanitarian crises, several sectors of the international community persist in projecting an image of the Dominican Republic as a racist, xenophobic, and segregationist country.
