Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
July 23, 2008
Death and indifference in Italy

Wars, killings, hunger… we are so used to it daily on the news that we seem to have become immune to it or hardened to others suffering. But a picture of the covered bodies of two dead young gypsy girls on a beach in Italy Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 17, 2008
Turn to the extreme right in Italy

Italy has chosen and while the results of the elections I am sure are welcome among many of the Republicans in the US, I am not sure many Italians feel the same way. Yesterday, Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s third richest man and owner of the most important commercial TV channels in the country, became prime minister for the third time. Read the rest of this entry »


