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  • Facts & Stories

    Italy's Poverty on the Rise

    Mario Gates(October 19, 2011)
    The Catholic charity Caritas announced that there has been a 80.8% rise in requests for help at its offices across Italy during the four years of economic crisis from 2007 to 2010. Most requests were for help in getting out of poverty while some sought assistance in getting jobs or solving family issues.
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    A War President Who Wasn't a Loser and His Trip to Italy

    Rodrigo Praino(June 13, 2008)
    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 he traveled to Italy, the spoils of victory came in the form of unending popular praise and streams of flowers
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    Once Upon a Time, the President Rode into Italy on a Sea of Love

    Rodrigo Praino(June 09, 2008)
    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 platitudes and hand shakes from heads of state is the soaring disapproval of many Europeans themselves. We examine how almost 100 years ago, before the seemingly irreparable debacles of this administration, an American President traveling to Italy could, if anything, count on a veritable lovefest of popular support

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