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  • Christmas Get-together with GFDD Partners and Team Members at the Washington, D.C. Office

    Sponsors, partners, friends and colleagues of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) are the fundamental pillars that help it carry out its mission: to create and implement initiatives that further development, in all its forms, in the Dominican Republic and throughout the Western Hemisphere. On this opportunity, the non-profit organization took advantage of the start of the holidays to thank them all by means of a cocktail that took place in its Washington, D.C.
    office last December 4th.

  • Funglode / GFDD 2014 Awards Winners Announced

    Global Foundation for Democracy and Development Global (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), through its Cultural Studies Center, announces the results of the eighth edition of its Annual Awards for Literature, Journalism, Photography and Audiovisual for the year 2014 after the evaluation by different juries.

  • Join Us to Celebrate the International Mountain Day! Screening of La Montaña at UN, New York City

    To celebrate International Mountain Day the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization in the Dominican Republic, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations, will host an inspiring film screening of La Montaña, showcasing the magnificence of mountaineering and the importance of overcoming adversity to achieve one’s
    goals.

  • Fernández Highlights the Achievements and Challenges of Democracy in the Region

    The former President of the Dominican Republic and President of the Dominican Liberation Party, Leonel Fernández, said that more than three decades after democracy was installed in Latin America as the dominant political system in the region, today it is subject to new challenges due to the rise of a variety of political actors and the emergence of new institutions and forms of governance.

  • The Dominican Film Showcase Closes Its Washington, D.C. Edition with Merengue and Bachata

    The Dominican Film Showcase (DFS), an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), successfully ended last night with the presentation of the documentary film Sol Caribe, by filmmaker Félix Limardo. The diverse audience enjoyed a pleasant evening enlivened with the rhythms of Merengue, Bachata and Son, during the fifth and final day of film screenings that took place in Washington,
    D.C., between November 19th and November 23rd.

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