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Italian Press Plays Up ‘No Space for Bezos’ Versus ‘Welcome, Mr. Amazon!’ Plus a Bomb-Sniffing Dog Named Elvis
The lavish Venice wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez is prompting heated polemics in the Italian press
“The lagoon provided the location, the American billionaire brought the cast,” wrote left-leaning La Repubblica in a scathing editorial that underlined how the island of San Giorgio is also the backdrop for 16th century painter Paolo Veronese’s “The Wedding Feast at Cana” which is is the biggest painting hanging in the Louvre. The “No Space for Bezos” campaigners – who claim the lagoon city is becoming a private playground for the rich to the detriment of local inhabitants, amid rampant “overtourism” — have scored a partial victory after threatening to fill the canals with inflatable crocodiles. Countering the protester’s “overtourism” narrative, Rome daily “Il Messaggero” on Saturday published a report issued by Italy’s right-wing Minister of Tourism Daniela Santanché that claims that in the first months of 2025, Venice recorded a 6.7% drop in overnight stays.
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