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This week’s episode of the Italian American Power Hour is one for the ages, when most of the gang reassembles in New York City for the chance to spend an incredible day with America’s Mayor, Rudy Giuliani.  Known for leading one of the most transformative eras in the history of America’s great metropolis, Mayor Giuliani sat down with us for over tw...

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Italy and the United States share a long history mutual influence and support. From Filippo Mazzei, who influenced Thomas Jefferson’s ideas on liberty and democracy, to the vast influx of Italian immigrants who contributed to American culture, to modern Italy’s role as one of the U.S.’s most important allies, Italy and the U.S. have a longstanding...

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During the celebrations held at the Embassy of Italy in US, Ambassador Armando Varricchio recalled the “values of freedom, democracy and human rights” that are the tenets of the Italian Republic and of Italy’s friendship and alliance with the United States of America. Italy — he also underlined — is at the forefront in providing security worldwide....

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Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani joined demonstrators outside the Metropolitan Opera on Monday for an emotional protest against a musical work about the death of a Jewish man they say glorifies his Palestinian killers.   About 400 people stood behind police barricades chanting "Shame on the Met!" and carrying signs saying "The Met glorifies ter...

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By Chase Brush Gov. Chris Christie broke bread with a surprise pol from New York on Garden State turf last night, PolitickerNJ has learned.   Former New York City Mayor and Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani joined Christie for dinner at Guerriero's Ristorante, an Italian restaurant in Morristown. The pair's meeting comes as Ch...

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Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani slammed Mayor Bill de Blasio Wednesday, saying he has some "real disagreements" with the man now occupying his former desk at City Hall. As CBS 2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, de Blasio has been in office about 85 days – two weeks shy of the 100-day mark. But that is enough time for Giuliani to make a jud...

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The 2016 Presidential elections give us the opportunity to talk about the political behavior of the Italian Americans through their experience, from the first days to these years. It is a very interesting topic, which we address by meeting with one of the most prominent experts about this topic, Prof. Stefano Luconi. Watch out, this is going to be...

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1947. The great New York populist Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia (pictured) gave the last known public speaking engagement of his life. The 5'2″ WWI hero with a history of personally relishing political combat, made this stinging appraisal, "My generation has failed miserably. We've failed because of lack of courage and vision. It requires more cour...

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The Sicilian mafia offered to kill Rudy Giuliani for $800,000, the former Mayor of New York has revealed. As the U.S. attorney and mayor of one of the largest cities in the world, Rudy Giuliani made his share of enemies.   "I don't think anybody prosecuted more mafia members than I did," Giuliani recently said on "Oprah: Where Are They...

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The Italian mafia plotted to murder Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, a turncoat has told investigators. The assassination was ordered by Toto "The Beast" Riina, the then head of Cosa Nostra in Sicily and one of the most feared mafia godfathers. The plan was drawn up in the mid-1980s when Mr Giuliani was working as a federal prosec...

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