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Dr. Leonel Fernández to Launch Book Collection in New York and Florida: “Democracy, Modernity and Progress”
April 25, 2017 - President of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode), Dr. Leonel Fernández, will be holding book launches at the end of April in New York and Florida, for his new publication, a compilation of political speeches delivered during his three presidential terms, previously launched in Santo Domingo and... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Commemorates Earth Day in the National Botanical Garden with more than 200 High School Students
April 25, 2017 - On April 23, to commemorate Earth Day, more than 200 students from schools in Santo Domingo participated in screenings of the documentaries “10 Billion, What''s on Your Plate,” by Director Valentin Thurn, and “The True Cost,” by Andrew Morgan, within the Year Round Environmental Film Screenings Program of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF).... Continue Reading >
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All Research and Ideas Publications Are Now Available for Free in Our Websites!
April 24, 2017 - Global GFDD is pleased to announce that all books published by GFDD Fellows through the Research and Ideas Series are now available online for free download. Among the topics investigated by GFDD Fellows have been sustainable development in the Dominican Republic, relations and trade between the DR and the People’s Republic of China, and cognitive... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Participates in UN General Assembly Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature
April 24, 2017 - In commemoration of International Mother Earth Day, GFDD/FUNGLODE participated in the Interactive Dialogue of the 71th Session of the General Assembly on Harmony with Nature on Friday, April 21, at the UN Headquarters. This year, the theme of the dialogue was “The Earth Jurisprudence”, recognizing that the Earth is the source of all laws that... Continue Reading >
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GFDD Production “Value of Life,” in the Official Selection of Humboldt State University’s Annual Back to Nature Film Festival
April 21, 2017 - The recent production by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), the short film Value of Life, has been included in the Official Selection of the 4th Annual Back to Nature Film Festival that will take place April 29 at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. Value of Life, which was awarded the Best Documentary... Continue Reading >
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“Film Law 108-10 Brought RD$2.2 Billion in Revenue to the Dominican Republic since 2011” Stresses Yvette Marichal of the General Directorate of Film During New York City Presentation
April 19, 2017 - The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), in partnership with the Dominican Republic’s Commissioner of Culture in New York and as part of its Dominican Film Film Showcase program, delighted audience members on Wednesday April 19 with an interactive presentation by Yvette Marichal, Executive Director of the General Directorate of Film of the Dominican... Continue Reading >
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“Impact Investment Could be Valued at $2 Trillion if it Were to Represent only 1% of Total Global Assets” States GFDD Fellow Jenna Giandoni During World Bank Panel Discussion
April 18, 2017 - GFDD in partnership with the NGO Committee on Social Development and the NGO Committee on Financing for Development, held a publication launch and panel discussion before a packed audience room of over 70 people during the 2017 World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings Civil Society Policy Forum entitled "Impact Investment as a Tool for Social Development". The... Continue Reading >
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OAS Secretary General and Dr. Leonel Fernández Analyze the Most Pressing Challenges of Latin America and the Caribbean
April 18, 2017 - The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, and the president of GFDD/Funglode, Leonel Fernández, held a work meeting on Tuesday morning in which they analyzed the most pressing challenges currently facing Latin America and the Caribbean, such as organized crime and citizen insecurity. View Photo Gallery During the meeting, held... Continue Reading >
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Group of Dominican Students Experience Life of an Ivy League Undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania
April 17, 2017 - The first Global Dominican Academic Exchange (GDAE) of this year was held in the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) from Abril 9-16, 2017, in collaboration with the on campus Student Association, Grupo Quisqueyano (GQ), who served as hosts and introduced the Dominicans to Ivy League student life. This is the second time that a GDAE group... Continue Reading >
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“The True Story Behind Chronicle of a Death Foretold”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
April 17, 2017 - Earlier this month the news came out that Miguel Reyes Palencia, Gabriel García Márquez’s inspiration for the character Bayardo San Román in his novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold, had died in Barranquilla, Colombia, at 95 years of age. In the story, widely considered a masterpiece, with its fluctuation between journalism and fiction, Bayardo San... Continue Reading >
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More than 300 Delegates from Different Regions of the Dominican Republic, Mexico and the United States Participate in the Dominican Model United Nations in New York
April 17, 2017 - The twelfth edition of the New York Dominican Republic Model United Nations (NYDRMUN 2017), organized by the United Nations Dominican Association (ANURD, for its acronym in Spanish) and in collaboration with the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) and Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), was celebrated from April 12 to 18 in New... Continue Reading >
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Dominican Productions Woodpeckers and Jeffrey, Award Winners at the Havana Film Festival in New York
April 9, 2017 - The films were screened thanks to the support of GFDD’s Dominican Film Showcase and DGCINE The Dominican films Woodpeckers (Carpinteros) and Jeffrey received awards in the eighteenth edition of the New York Havana Film Festival, an internationally recognized competition that celebrates Latin American film. Thanks to the support of GFDD/Funglode’s Dominican Film Showcase and the... Continue Reading >
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Sabores Dominicanos Foundation Recognizes DominicanaOnline for Its Contributions to Spread the Dominican Gastronomy
April 8, 2017 - For their support in broadcasting information about Dominican gastronomy and for the success of the Third Gastronomic Forum (Foro Gastronómico), the consortium Fundación Sabores Dominicanos (FSD) recognized journalists and media, as well as professors and members of the Pan-American Confederation of Schools for Hospitality, Gastronomy and Tourism ( CONPEHT, for its acronym in Spanish) on... Continue Reading >
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ReCrearte Participates in Colegio New Horizons’ Global Expo 2017 with an Art Recycling Workshop in Santo Domingo
April 6, 2017 - ReCrearte joined together with the Dominican Republic’s Center for Agricultural and Forest Development (CEDAF, for its acronym in Spanish) to host on Wednesday, April 5 a recycling presentation and workshop with 62 students from the Colegio New Horizons, in Santo Domingo, DR. These activities were among many at the school’s Global Expo 2017. During the... Continue Reading >
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DREFF Joins Forces with Cinema Planeta to Promote Dominican Environmental Filmmaking
April 5, 2017 - The Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) once again joined forces with Cinema Planeta from Cuernava, Mexico, to co-present two Dominican environmental film productions during the ninth edition of the Mexican competition, which will take place from May 2 to May 7, 2017: the documentary "Death by a Thousand Cuts," by Jake Kheel and Juan Mejía Botero,... Continue Reading >
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ReCrearte Holds 8 Workshops with More than 250 Students from Across the Country
April 3, 2017 - Throughout the month of March, ReCrearte, an initiative of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), held eight art recycling workshops with nearly 250 students from schools across the Dominican Republic. Done in collaboration with the ECOESCUELA project of the Dominican Republic Institute for Environmental Law (IDARD, for its acronym in Spanish), the projects... Continue Reading >
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InteRDom Joined Dominican Diaspora Students During the 11th Annual National Dominican Student Conference at Babson College
April 3, 2017 - InteRDom participated in the 11th National Dominican Student Conference (NDSC) hosted by HOLA Babson (Hispanic Organization of Latin Americans) at Babson College in Boston, MA, which was held from March 31st until April 2nd, 2017. GFDD Program joined the college students during the Opportunities Fair and shared information about the InteRDom, Fellows and Global Dominican... Continue Reading >
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Dominican Productions “Woodpeckers” and “Jeffrey” at the Havana Film Festival, in collaboration with the DFS and the DR Film Commission
April 2, 2017 - The Dominican films Woodpeckers and Jeffrey are part of the program of the eighteenth edition of the Havana Film Festival, an internationally recognized film festival that celebrates Latin American cinema. Thanks to the support of the Dominican Film Showcase of GFDD and the Dominican Republic Film Commission (DGCine), both productions are premiering in New York accompanied by José María... Continue Reading >
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“Populism on the International Stage”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
March 28, 2017 - Observers of international politics tend to affirm that popular right-wing figures like Donald Trump in the United States, Marine Le Pen in France, and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands can all be catalogued as populist leaders. The same thing has been said regarding prominent progressive or leftist heads of state in Latin America like Venezuela’s... Continue Reading >
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GFDD/Funglode Call for Improved Access of Women to the Labor Market During the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
March 28, 2017 - GFDD / Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) participated in the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) which convened from 13-24 March 2017, at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The Commission which opened on Monday March 13, under the priority theme “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World... Continue Reading >
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