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  • Death by a Thousand Cuts Screened in Washington, DC: “The ferocious and growing competition for natural resources is fertile ground for social conflict”

    The Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), in collaboration with the DC Environmental Film Festival (DCEFF) and the Interamerican Development Bank (IBD), yesterday celebrated the screening of the film Death by a Thousand Cutsat the E Street Cinema in Washington, DC. Before a full house that required the opening of two screening rooms, the movie’s codirectors Juan Mejía Botero and Jake Kheel and producer Ben Selkow spoke with the
    public about the film and expressed their hope that it would serve to call attention to the implicated parties and generate dialogue between Haiti and the Dominican Republic as well as transnational solutions.

  • “Melania’s Plagiarism”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández

    Initially her speech was met with enthusiasm. Her personality radiated charm and elegance. The content of her address was convincing and its tone appropriate. The final round of applause offered proof that her message had hit its mark in the hearts and minds of those present.

  • Parents from the Dominican Diaspora Visit GFDD Offices in New York

    Wednesday July 13th a group of 16 parents attending the Social Justice Camp organized by Lidia Aguasanta, the Community School Parent Coordinator of The Children’s Aid Society’s Salomé Ureña de Henriquez Campus, visited the New York office of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD).

  • Call for Entries Now Open: GFDD/Funglode Awards

    The Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) and the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) have released a call for submissions in the 2016 round of their Awards, now in their 10th edition.

  • DREFF, DCEFF and IDB present Death by a Thousand Cuts DC Premiere

    The Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) in partnership with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will host the DC premiere of Death by a Thousand Cuts at the IDB Enrique V. Iglesias Auditorium, July 27 at 6 pm. The special screening will be followed by a discussion with the co-director and producer Jake Kheel, co-director Juan Mejía Botero, and producer Ben Selkow. This
    initiative is part of the Year Round Environmental Film Screenings Program that DREFF develops in the United States throughout the year, on this occasion with the collaboration of DCEFF, our long term partner.

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