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Praising Dominican Natural Beauty and Creating Environmental Awareness at the DCEFF
March 19, 2016 - There were conversations about environmental awareness and sustainable development as well as praise for the natural beauty of the Dominican Republic. Film was once again used not just for entertainment but as a vehicle to show the world the issues that most matter and to spread the word about them, because they are after all,... Continue Reading >
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“Women and girls have dreams, but femicide steals those dreams”, States the Dominican Deputy Attorney General for Women Affairs During GFDD UN Event
March 18, 2016 - GFDD hosted a panel discussion at the UN today to celebrate the 60th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60). The event, entitled “Efforts to Reduce Violence against Women and Promote Gender Empowerment in the Dominican Republic and Abroad”, looked to contribute to the review theme of CSW60: The elimination and prevention... Continue Reading >
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Parents and Children Learn About Creative Recycling at School
March 18, 2016 - As part of a series of workshops, organized by GFDD’s ReCrearte program through March in New York, on Wednesday the 16th, Juan Pablo Duarte School opened its doors to around 60 parents and 30 children. The workshop by ReCrearte coordinator Bertha Santana was possible thanks to the collaboration of the institution´s Parents Association, in particular... Continue Reading >
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Discussing the Environmental Dimension of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
March 17, 2016 - GFDD participated in the United Nations Environment Programme''s (UNEP''s) round table discussion and consultation ahead of the UN Environment Assembly on "Delivering the Environmental Dimension of the UN''s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda." The event took place on 17 March 2016 at the United Nations Foundation in Washington, D.C. As an accredited organization of UNEP, GFDD... Continue Reading >
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Celebrating Women at the DCEFF
March 17, 2016 - Natasha Despotovic, executive director of GFDD and DREFF, shared a panel in which she presented GFDD’s latest production, Value of Life, with two other renowned female directors For the 4th year, Women in Film and Video hosted a breakfast at Restaurant Nora in Washington D.C. during the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation´s Capital (DCEFF)... Continue Reading >
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“The Mystery of Oil Prices”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
March 17, 2016 - Over production by OPEC countries and a drop in demand from China has driven down the price of “black gold.” Although in recent weeks, prices have gone up again due to speculation in the futures market. Since June 2014 up to February of this year, that is to say the last 20 months, crude oil... Continue Reading >
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Children Learn to Create Art from Trash at the Riverfront Library in Yonkers
March 16, 2016 - The Riverfront Library of Yonkers, New York, hosted Yesterday a group of 32 children who learned about creating art with discarded materials that would normally end up in the trash bin. As part of a series of workshops, organized by GFDD’s ReCrearte program, children will learn to turn trash into new objects and create recycled... Continue Reading >
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Leonel Fernández Presents the 2015 Funglode/GFDD Awards
March 16, 2016 - Fernández led the ninth awards presentation alongside Marco Herrera, executive director of Funglode; José Rafael Lantigua, director of Funglode’s Center for Cultural Studies; and Catherine Florentino, director of the Funglode/GFDD Awards. This Tuesday, March 15, the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) and the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) presented the 2015 Funglode/GFDD... Continue Reading >
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“Donald Trump: The Return of Paranoid Politics”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
March 15, 2016 - His personality shows a certain air of delusions of grandeur, of arrogance, of egocentrism and megalomania. Everything has his name on it: the Trump jet, Trump Tower, Trump University, Trump Plaza Hotel, Trump Casino ... Following Barry Goldwater’s electoral triumph over Nelson Rockefeller in the Republican Party primaries of 1964, renowned American historian Richard Hofstadter... Continue Reading >
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Join Us to Celebrate Recycled Art!
March 8, 2016 - ReCrearte, an initiative of GFDD/Funglode, focuses on the three R’s of sustainability- reduce, reuse, and recycle. Workshops concentrate on repurposing discarded materials into new objects that can be sold for income and waste that can be turned into art. Bertha Santana, the program’s coordinator will be visiting New York City for a series of workshops... Continue Reading >
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Colombian Ambassador Urges Global Cooperation to Help Tackle Public Health Issues like the Zika Virus Outbreak
March 2, 2016 - For this February edition of the GFDD Global Roundtables, GFDD Executive Director, Natasha Despotovic welcomed H.E. Andrés González Díaz, Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of Colombia to the Organization of American States. The session considered the recent outbreak of the Zika virus and its socioeconomic consequences in Colombia and the Americas. Ambassador González Díaz stressed... Continue Reading >
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GFDD’s Dominican Film Showcase Brings Laughter in its Embassy Edition
March 1, 2016 - GFDD’s Dominican Film Showcase will be screening a wonderful selection of Dominican films in collaboration with the Dominican Republic Embassy in the United States. The quarterly program of the Dominican Film Showcase Embassy Edition, started with the first screening on March 1, 2016 in Washington, DC, with the film ‘No hay más remedio’ screened to... Continue Reading >
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Old T-shirts Become Tote Bags at CTC Boca Chica
March 1, 2016 - A group of 22 participants, mostly women, from young students to adults, gathered at a creative recycling workshop organized by ReCrearte to learn about environmental responsibility. The workshop took place at the CTC Boca Chica in Santo Domingo on February 29 and was coordinated by Bertha Santana. The activity began with a conversation on community... Continue Reading >
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“At the Tomb of Karl Marx”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández
February 29, 2016 - Despite the resounding collapse of the socialist model at the end of the 80s, nearly 200 years after the birth of Karl Marx, his ideas have begun to be vindicated by a diverse and renewed intellectual thought. Given his global ideological, political, and intellectual prominence throughout the years of my education, I always contemplated the... Continue Reading >
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Dominican Night at the 2016 Environmental Film Festival at the Nation`s Capital
February 29, 2016 - As part of the 2016 Environmental Film Festival at the Nation`s Capital (DCEFF) program, a Dominican Night will be hosted by DREFF on March 18th at the Hispanic Gala Theater in Washington, D.C. This opportunity is precious in fostering GFDD’s aim of facilitating the enrichment of the film culture of the Dominican Republic and bringing... Continue Reading >
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GFDD/Funglode to Host UN Panel Discussion on the Dominican Republic’s Efforts to Reduce Violence against Women and Promote Gender Empowerment
February 26, 2016 - The Dominican Republic, together with 121 other countries endorsed the United Nations General Assembly’s Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict on October 2, 2013. Looking to extend this effort further, GFDD and Funglode would like to present an update session on the Dominican Republic’s efforts to reduce violence against women and promote... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and the Embassy of the Dominican Republic invited, once again, to CUA’s Global Fest
February 26, 2016 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in the United States showcased the Dominican Republic at the Catholic University of America (CUA)’s annual Embassy Exhibit. In correlation with the university’s Global Fest, the event took place February 18, at their campus in Washington, D.C.... Continue Reading >
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Except for a Few Small Incidents That Were Resolved Leonel Fernández Says the Bolivia Referendum Was Held Peacefully
February 25, 2016 - The head of the Organization of American States’ (OAS’s) electoral observer mission and former president of the Dominican Republic Dr. Leonel Fernández highlighted on Sunday afternoon that, in general, the voting in Bolivia had taken place peacefully, save a few isolated issues that were resolved by the electoral authorities. Fernández also highlighted the huge turnout... Continue Reading >
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GFDD/Funglode Promotes Identity and National Pride Values in Puntacana
February 25, 2016 - By screening the documentary La Montaña, GFDD/Funglode in collaboration with Puntacana group and the Puntacana Ecological Foundation, had the purpose of promoting values of identity and national pride among Dominicans living in the eastern part of the country. The activity was held at the Puntacana Village Commercial Galleries, and counted with the presence of 200... Continue Reading >
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Students in Verón share La Montaña with Karim Mella
February 25, 2016 - More than fifty students from Politécnico Ann & Tedd Kheel enjoyed a special screening of the film La Montaña, thanks to a GFDD/Funglode collaboration initiative, within the framework of its Year Round Environmental Film Screenings program, part of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF). View Photo Gallery Before the screening of the film students... Continue Reading >
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