Italian Protest of Proposed New US Base Confronts Prime Minister

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi was confronted by a hostile audience this week at an event in Trento, Italy, where he spoke at a conference on economics. The "No Dal Molin" movement from Vicenza, Italy, which is opposing the construction of a new U.S. military base protested outside the event and inside.

In an attempt to satisfy the audience, the moderator permitted the citizen activist leader Cinzia Bottene to come on stage with Prodi and address him. She did so, and the people cheered, but the Prime Minister refused to meet her gaze. When Prodi eventually tried to leave, protesters blocked the streets and forced him to wait until they were all carried away by the police.

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