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Dominican Film Showcase Concludes Successful Event at Drexel University
October 11, 2013 - On October 10, 2013, as part of its popular Dominican Film Showcase program organized to promote, share, and celebrate the stories, characters and history of the Dominican Republic with an international audience, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) in collaboration with Café Latino, and the assistance of the Drexel University Spanish Club, presented a Dominican... Continue Reading >
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Festival Brings Latin Poetry to New York’s Financial District –Where Creativity Never Sleeps
October 11, 2013 - Thanks to support from GFDD and FUNGLODE, the City’s financial district was revived with echoes of dulcet prose as 30 accomplished Latin Poets from the US and abroad, including the Dominican Republic, read excerpts of their work at the opening ceremony of the Latin American Poetry Festival in NYC, October 9-11. The event, now in its second consecutive... Continue Reading >
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The IV Forum on Latin American Democracy: President of GFDD and FUNGLODE calls for Latin America to Strengthen Its Social and Democratic State of Law
October 10, 2013 - The former President of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Leonel Fernández, declared on Thursday in this city that, to avoid pessimism taking root in the region, Latin America has to work with a view to defining and implementing a new development model, which should be consistent and in harmony with the consolidation of a social and... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Present Fellow Program Candidate Findings at UN Headquarters
October 9, 2013 - On Thursday, October 17, 2013, in honor of the United Nations International Day of Eradication of Poverty, 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 Dominican Republic Mission to the UN, will organize a Panel Discussion and Publication... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE convene a panel on an “Innovative Financing for the Post-2015 Agenda: The Implications of a Financial Transaction Tax”
October 8, 2013 - The first UN International Conference on Financing for Development was held in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2002. Fifty Heads of State and over 200 Ministers participated, as well as the private sector, civil society, trade, economic and monetary organizations. As part of the follow up to this first Conference, on October 7 and 8, the UN... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Support Dominican Theatre Play in New York’s Upper Manhattan
October 6, 2013 - On the heels of the huge success of the theatre play "MARÍA MONTEZ, 100 YEARS," by Luis Dantes-Castillo, recently presented at the National Theater, Palace of Fine Arts, in Dominican Republic’s provinces of Barahona and in Baní, comes the story of the first Dominican who triumphed in Hollywood. The glorious piece of theatre was being... Continue Reading >
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Leonel Fernández negotiates Agreement with the New York Presbyterian Hospital to Benefit Medical Students and Professionals
October 4, 2013 - The former Dominican President and honorary President of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), Dr. Leonel Fernández, visited Columbia University’s Presbyterian Hospital, to begin laying the groundwork with its authorities for the signing of an inter-agency exchange agreement that would benefit medical students and professionals from both... Continue Reading >
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New Generation of Dominican Filmmakers to be Presented at Drexel University
October 4, 2013 - As part of its popular Dominican Film Showcase program organized to promote, share, and celebrate the stories, characters and history of the Dominican Republic with an international audience, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) in collaboration with Café Latino, and the assistance of the Drexel University Spanish Club, will be hosting a Dominican film... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE successfully inaugurate Dominican Environmental Photo Exhibit at CCNY/CWE
October 4, 2013 - Conservation photographer, naturalist and illustrated-book producer, Eladio Fernandez, took center stage, as GFDD/ FUNGLODE inaugurated his exhibit entitled Agriculture and People: Subsistence Practices of Hispaniola, to a crowded auditorium at the City College Center for Worker for Education on October 3, 2013. The photo exhibit event, which highlights 20 photographs illustrating current harvesting practices of the sugarcane... Continue Reading >
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Announcing the 2013 InteRDom Conference: Millennials in the Workplace
October 4, 2013 - InteRDom Internships in the Dominican Republic, a program of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization in the Dominican Republic, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), is pleased to present the 8th edition of the annual InteRDom Conference, which will take place October 29-30, 2013 and feature the topic “Millennials in... Continue Reading >
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Successful Events at Baruch College and The New School Bring Awareness to InteRDom Programs in NYC
October 3, 2013 - As the application deadline for spring programs draws near on October 25, InteRDom representatives have been working hard to bring the program to potential interns in time to apply for what promises to be an exciting spring. Photo Gallery InteRDom has long-established relations with Baruch College, and on October 3rd participated for the second straight... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Participates in Latino Poetry Festival with Dominican Poet Basilio Belliard
October 3, 2013 - The Latin American Poetry Festival in NYC is holding its 2nd annual gathering of Latin poets on October 9, 10, and 11 as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. GFDD/FUNGLODE, a partner in this initiative, is participating in this popular poetry gathering by hosting renowned Dominican poet Basilio Belliard. This Festival, already a major cultural event... Continue Reading >
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Honorary President of GFDD Visits to U.S. Academic Institutions seeking collaboration to increase technology training in the DR
October 1, 2013 - The former President of the Dominican Republic and honorary President of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister institution in the DR, Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), Dr. Leonel Fernández, visited various institutions of higher education and prestigious research centers in the United States, which pledged to work with the Dominican... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Fortifies Ties Between USA and DR through Golf
October 1, 2013 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization in the Dominican Republic, FUNGLODE, hosted a group of skilled golfers and foundation supporters at its third annual golf tournament at the historic Fresh Meadow Country Club in Great Neck, Long Island. The golfers were joined by Dominican baseball great Mr. Juan Marichal and Honorary GFDD... Continue Reading >
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United Nations Panel to Address Innovative Financing for the Post 2015 Agenda During HLD on Financing for Development, October 7 and 8
October 1, 2013 - GFDD/FUNGLODE and partner institution UBUNTU – World Forum on Civil Society Networks, the Dominican Republic Mission to the United Nations, together with the Committee on Financing for Development will host a side event entitled “Innovative Financing for the Post-2015 Agenda: The implications of a Financial Transaction Tax”, to be held within the framework of the... Continue Reading >
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Publications Showcased at New York’s Premier Dominican Book Fair
September 30, 2013 - The GFDD and FUNGLODE showcased several publications including The Presence of Africa in the Caribbean, the Antilles and the United States, at a presentation and discussion panel at the 7th Annual Dominican Book Fair at Boricua College’s Manhattan campus. Two of the 16 authors who contributed to the book, Mateo Morrison and Avelino Stanley, were present... Continue Reading >
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Former Dominican Culture Minister and Literary Figure Celebrates Pedro Mir’s Great Work at GFDD’s Dominican Get-Together in the Big Apple
September 27, 2013 - Jose Rafael Lantigua, guest of GFDD’s Dominican Get-Together program, spoke to a packed auditorium at New York City’s Cervantes Institute in collaboration with the Dominican Cultural Commission in the US and FUNGLODE’s esteemed publication Revista Global (Global magazine). Within the framework of the Get-Together, Global magazine, edition no.54 was introduced and dedicated to the memory... Continue Reading >
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Low Emissions-High Effect: DREFF Sets Out To Offset Carbon Footprint
September 27, 2013 - On Sunday September 8th, GFDD/FUNGLODE held a reforestation activity in the Parque de la Biodiversidadin Monte Plata to mark the final day of the III DR Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) which took place at 19 screening sites and 8 cities across the Dominican Republic from September 4 to 8, 2013. Low Emissions-High Effect: DREFF Sets... Continue Reading >
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The GFDD and FUNGLODE Showcase Publications at the 7th Annual Dominican Book Fair at New York’s Boricua College
September 26, 2013 - At the 7th annual Dominican Book Fair at New York’s Boricua College Manhattan campus from September 27-29, the Foundations will be showcasing some of their outstanding publications at the Book Fair, including the book presentation of one of its most recent editions, The Presence of Africa in the Caribbean, the Antilles and the United States.... Continue Reading >
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DREFF’s ReCrearte Program Gains Momentum Across the Country
September 26, 2013 - The ReCrearte Program (www.r3crearte.org) is an initiative that was launched by GFDD and FUNGLODE, following the success of the Recycled Art workshop that took place during the second edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) in 2012. The main objectives of ReCrearte Program are to raise awareness for environmental issues among Dominicans, whilst... Continue Reading >
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