Gambino, Bonanno family mobsters arrested in connection to Italian Mafia: FBI
Officials described Gambino associate Franco Lupoi, 44, as the linchpin of the unholy alliance with ’Ndrangheta through his father-in-law, Nicola Antonio Simonetta, and a cousin, Francesco Ursino. Both are members of the group that in recent years has eclipsed the Sicilian Mafia and Neapolitan Camorra in influence and wealth.
Simonetta and Ursino were among those busted in Italy.
Lupoi, a co-owner of the Royal Crown Bakery in Bensonhurst, hatched a global drug-trafficking scheme with Alexander Chan, 46, and Jose Alfredo (Freddy) Garcia, 47, that originated in Brooklyn and stretched its tentacles to South America and the boot of Italy, according to court papers.
Italian Melodies around New York
Italian Pianist Alberto Pizzo announces the us release of the album “On the Way” and other events that will take place in New York.
“Non-School” Program at La Scuola d’Italia
Special theater workshops for kids and teenagers will include different performances, from Mayakovsky’s Heresy of Happiness to Robert Viscusi’s Ellis Island.
Thanks to Pope Francis, Revolt Against the Global Super-Rich Is Underway
OTTAWA -- 2013 was the year the rise of the plutocrats made it to the top of the international agenda. Witness the remarkable consensus at the year's end of the world's centers of faith, power and money: Pope Francis published an apostolic exhortation
Costa Concordia wreck to be inspected after diver's death
An Italian police diving team will be returning to the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner after a diver lost his life there on February 1.
Italian President Napolitano Under Fire Over Monti Appointment
ROME — Italian President Giorgio Napolitano faced fierce criticism on Monday over reports that he asked Mario Monti about replacing Silvio Berlusconi as prime minister months before his government fell at the height of the euro zone crisis in 2011.
I fallimenti dell'Episcopato nelle scelte politiche dei cattolici
L’ultima scelta dell’onorevole Casini di riposizionarsi nella destra berlusconiana la dice lunga su quanta coerenza esista in certa parte politica, come la dice lunga la miopia ottusa dell’episcopato italiano, che prima si è accomodato sulle poltrone dei privilegi preparate da Berlusconi, tacendo lo stato di degrado etico in cui il paese progressivamente piombava, e poi ha sostenuto, come se fosse stato parte neutra nella vicenda, il tentativo di Scelta Civica.
Diabolically Fascinating: the General of Noise in the Waters
Interview with Alessandro Renda, the actor playing the General in Noise in the Waters playing at La Mama until February 16. The play is a dark, intense monologue written by Marco Martinelli on the tragedy of migrants in the Mediterranean, based on true stories collected and conceived by Martinelli and Ermanna Montanari.
As Others See Us
For the next two weeks Matteo Renzi, who heads the Partito Democratico, and Premier Enrico Letta, who heads the government in the name of that same party, are expected to remain at polite loggerheads. But behind their jittery quiet lurks the risk of new elections, which both say they do not want. Within this time vacuum, political outsiders, both Italian and foreign, offer suggestions.
Marco ed Ermanna. Errando tra vita e teatro
Marco Martinelli ed Ermanna Montanari insieme ad Alessandro Renda raccontano, presso la sede dell'Istituto di Cultura a New York, la storia del Teatro delle Albe. Fondato da loro trentasette anni fà, è in tour negli Stati Uniti in questi giorni
Noise in the Waters: the Sounds of an Ongoing Tragedy
Italy's Teatro delle Albe's dark and disturbing production about Mediterranean migration to Europe has its US premiere
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