GFDD is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the advancement of global collaboration and exchange relevant to Dominican professionals, general audiences and institutions in the homeland and abroad. The Foundation conducts research, enhances public understanding, designs public policies, devises strategies, and offers capacity-building in areas crucial to social, economic, democratic and cultural sustainable development.

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Articles by Dr. Leonel Fernández

“Open Letter to Jimmy Carter”, an article by Dr. Leonel Fernández

Dear President and friend: Recently, the suspension of your trip to Guyana due to health reasons – where you were to lead a delegation to observe the electoral process in that South American nation – caused us some concern. Thankfully, our concern soon disappeared when we learned that you had returned, almost immediately, to your […]

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Portal Dominican Community in the US Facing Covid19

The purpose of the Project is to gather and present pertinent and relevant information for the Dominican community residing in the United States regarding the process of the Covid19 pandemic and to report on the current and future repercussions at a socioeconomic, psychological, environmental and cultural level.

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