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By Anna Gawel
The Washington Diplomat

	Taiwanese Representative Defends President’s Decision “Frustration”—that’s the word Taiwanese Representative David Tawei Lee consistently used to describe his government’s increasingly strained relations with China…Read More
	Experts Warn About Russia's Rollback of Democracy On the heels of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s recent visit to Washington, various U.S. and Russian experts took the opportunity to highlight what they describe as an alarming erosion of democracy in Russia under President Vladimir Putin…Read More
	Prominent Washingtonians Ponder ‘Pundit Whodunit’ An all-star lineup of politicians and media personalities enjoyed some good-natured ribbing as they put on their acting hats for one night to perform “The Pundit Whodunit: The Case of the Political Puzzle” at Arena Stage…Read More
	Nordic-Baltic-U.S. Almanac Unveiled Nordic and Baltic ambassadors came out to support the unveiling of the first-ever Nordic-Baltic-U.S. Almanac in a reception hosted by Finnish Ambassador Pekka Lintu at the Finnish Embassy…Read More

	Ambassadors Support Seeds of Peace At the Seeds of Peace Second Annual Gala on March 4, more than 450 guests came together at the Organization of American States, including 25 top diplomats, to support the nonprofit…Read More
	Latino Student Fund Proves Education is Key Education was the theme at a gala held on March 2 at the Organization of American States to benefit the Latino Student Fund, which provides academic support and individual tutoring to more than 500 D.C. Public School students…Read More
	CARE and Congress The humanitarian organization CARE rolled out its promotional plans for its 60th anniversary on Capitol Hill on March 9, when teams of congressional wives and CARE volunteers distributed look-alike CARE packages to members of Congress as their official invitations to CARE’s 60th anniversary celebration on May 16 and 17…Read More
	Dominicans Celebrate Democracy “Throughout our history, the Dominican people have faced tremendous challenges in the process of building our nation,” Dominican Republic Ambassador Flavio Dario Espinal said at his country’s 162nd National Day celebration…Read More
	Two Not-to-Miss Events This Month The Embassy of Chile provides a stunning look at surrealism in an exhibit that closes next week, while Hungarian Ambassador András Simonyi rocks out for a good cause…Read More