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Dominican Night to Come Again to Washington In March as Part of DCEFF
As part of the long-term partnership between the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) and the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF), Dominican Night, featuring screenings of documentaries produced on the island, comes once again to the United States capital. On March 23, as part of the long-running Washingtonian festival, this year in its 25th edition, the city’s E Street Cinema will host a screening of the winner of the 2016 Globo Verde
Dominicano, the short film Ciclos by Hansel Ureña Espósito, as well as Death by a Thousand Cuts, directed by Juan Mejia and Jake Kheel, and Site of Sites, by Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada.

“The Financial Oligarchy in the Age of Trump”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
In response to the global financial crisis of 2007/8, which would become the Great Recession, the administration of president Barack Obama submitted a bill to Congress aimed at regulating the US financial system.

GFDD/Funglode to Support the 2017 Edition of the New York Dominican Republic Model United Nations
On Wednesday April 12, the New York Dominican Republic Model United Nations (NYDRMUN 2017) will accommodate 400 students in New York City as part of one of the largest model UN conferences open to youth in the western hemisphere. The event, which is co-organized by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarollo, will run from Wednesday April 12 to Sunday April 16 and will be hosted at the Hotel Grand Hyatt, with a closing ceremony due
to be held on the final day in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations.

GFDD / Funglode Opens Its Doors to the Geography Week 2017
As part of the preparatory events for the annual Geography Week, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and the Foundation Global democracy and development (Funglode), in collaboration the Plan Lean, organized a conference in Santo Domingo, in the Auditorium of Funglode, directed to technicians and directors of the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic (MINERD, for its acronym in Spanish) and Natural and Social Sciences teachers.

Photographer Steve McCurry to Give a Masterclass in Santo Domingo on His First Visit to the Country
The famous photographer Steve McCurry, known worldwide by, among others, his work “The Afghan Girl “, will visit the country in February, as part of the filming of a movie on his own life, directed by the French Denis Delestrac. Within a tight agenda in the Dominican Republic, McCurry will teach a master class in the headquarters of Funglode, organized by Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF), February 9 at 7:00 pm.

The Curtain Goes Up at The Dominican Global Film Festival to Celebrate Its Tenth Anniversary
The inauguration of the tenth edition of the Dominican Global Film Festival (FCGD, for its acronym in Spanish), in the National Theater, became a great celebration of the seventh art, in which outstanding national and international figures in the field received tribute before the screening of the opening film, Luis by Dominican director Archie López. During the event, the president of Funglode / GFDD and the executive director of GFDD and DREFF, Natasha Despotovic
received awards.

Funglode/GFDD Ascends to the 40th Position in the Ranking of the Best Think Tanks of Latin America
Funglode/GFDD is one of the best think tanks in the world, this time in the categories: Foreign Policy and International Affairs; Best Use of Social Media and Networks; Environmental Policy.

“The Legacy of Obama”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
In a few days, on January 20, President Barack Obama will leave the White House and make way for the new administration of president-elect Donald Trump.

GFDD to Host Publication Launch at the United Nations on Impact Investment as a Tool for Social Development
GFDD in partnership with the NGO Committee for Social Development and the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, will hold a publication launch and panel discussion during the 55th session of the Commission for Social Development entitled “Impact Investment as a Tool for Social Development”.

Interest Rates, Remittance Taxes and Changes to Immigration Law Could Affect the DR in the Years to Come
With the arrival of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States, these issues would have an impact on the Dominican Republic, according to Mario Báez