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  • Facts & Stories

    Execution of Mayor Angelo Vassallo. Italy Mourns Another Camorra Victim

    Anna Di Lellio(September 10, 2010)
    The mayor of the small town of Pollica Angelo Vassallo was gunned down execution style on Sunday night. He had strongly opposed the camorra’s interests in big public contracts related to the harbor and other tourist infrastructures. There are no witnesses, no suspects. It is very likely that nobody will be apprehended for his murder
  • Life & People

    The Child Soldiers of Scampia

    Judith Harris(June 29, 2010)
    Davide Cerullo comes from the gangland of Scampia, Naples. Once a drug hustler, he finally rebelled to the "easy life" the Camorra offered him: "Give people an opportunity, and real miracles can happen." Co-author of "Ali Bruciate, I bambini di Scampia" (Burnt Wings, The Children of Scampia), he is exhibiting his photographs of these child soldiers at the "Casa della Memoria e della Storia," Rome (7/2-10/22)
  • Life & People

    Una tragedia ridicola

    Stanislao Pugliese(November 15, 2009)
    Francesco Durante’s "Scuorno" (Milan: Mondadori, 2008) offers an enlightened and enlightening brief introduction into the cultural mindset of Neapolitan culture
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    Addio, Mama Africa

    George De Stefano(November 11, 2008)
    South African singer and anti-apartheid icon Miriam Makeba died shortly after her concert at Castel Volturno, near Naples. Her final performance was dedicated to the fight against the camorra and anti-immigrant racism.

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