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Does Misery Love Company? Italy’s Roma

Judith Harris

Few are more miserable these days than the Roma, or Gypsies, in Italy, whose camps are being bulldozed, whose shacks are being firebombed, and whose children now risk being...

A Case of the Bad Boys, No Known Cure

Eleonora Mazzucchi

Last week actress Anne Hathaway's ex, Italian financier Raffaello Follieri, was arrested. Follieri's business dealings had been under scrutiny for over a year, so why did the...

Berlusconi and the Season of Love and Tolerance

Eleonora Mazzucchi

It isn't exactly Woodstock all over again, but everyone, from the Prime Minister to nursing mothers to the gay community, is demanding that Italy re-consider its values. It's...

From Gomorrah to the Courtroom

Andrea Di Camillo

An appeals court upheld sixteen life imprisonments of members of the most powerful Mafia crime ring in the Naples area in a high-stakes trial on Thursday. A book, Gomorrah, was...

Unforgettable Moments Forgotten: Italy Meets JFK

Rodrigo Praino

John F. Kennedy is the eternal prince charming of American Presidents, but history shows he wasn’t Italy’s favorite. He had his admirers among the Italian people, particularly...

Ancient Roman Slave Cemetery Found at Ostia Antica

Judith Harris

The little community of slaves laboring at the port at Ancient Ostia, at the mouth of the Tiber River, was desperately poor, but when the eight-year-old boy died, they endowed his...

Bush's Roman Holiday

Maria Rita Latto

President Bush goes to Rome and contends with an angry populace. Beyond the protests already timed for his arrival, the President's security needs and emergency plans disrupt an...

A War President Who Wasn't a Loser and His Trip to Italy

Rodrigo Praino

Woodrow Wilson may have been a "war President", as Bush is today, but when it came to earning international approval, Wilson had the significant advantage of winning his war. When...

Once Upon a Time, the President Rode into Italy on a Sea of Love

Rodrigo Praino

Bush is taking off for his European farewell tour but it looks as though the President won't be getting a rock star's welcome from the people, in Italy or elsewhere. Beyond the...

Naples Walks Alone, on Burning and Bloodied Sidewalks

Judith Harris

"The territory is divided into fiefs; leadership is turned over to a capozona (local boss); membership is expanded through blood ties; and they show an extraordinary capacity to...

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