Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThousands march against plan to build massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy’s mainlandapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down12
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minus-squareUltraMagnus0001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-22 months agoWhy? Trying to keep Sicily poor? *More reading Protesters staunchly oppose the Strait of Messina Bridge project over its scale, earthquake threats, environmental impact and the specter of mafia interference.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 months agoApparently the bridge thing is something the Italian right keeps calling for despite every expert worth their salt agreeing it’s a terrible idea.
minus-squareblackbearjesus27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHey the US isn’t so different after all.
minus-squarescratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoMafia interference? In Italy? I thought they defeated them and corruption as well?
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoSicily is kinda it’s own thing, and basically where most of the Italian Mafia is from.
minus-squareburntbacon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoLol, don’t look too closely at ‘olive’ oil exports.
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoWhen I saw this story last week, I had the same thought process. Like, why wouldn’t they? It’s such a short gap and could be huge for normal people. Then I read why.
Why? Trying to keep Sicily poor?
*More reading
Protesters staunchly oppose the Strait of Messina Bridge project over its scale, earthquake threats, environmental impact and the specter of mafia interference.
Apparently the bridge thing is something the Italian right keeps calling for despite every expert worth their salt agreeing it’s a terrible idea.
Hey the US isn’t so different after all.
Mafia interference? In Italy? I thought they defeated them and corruption as well?
Sicily is kinda it’s own thing, and basically where most of the Italian Mafia is from.
Lol, don’t look too closely at ‘olive’ oil exports.
When I saw this story last week, I had the same thought process. Like, why wouldn’t they? It’s such a short gap and could be huge for normal people.
Then I read why.