As recently as last year, Italians had written off Silvio Berlusconi as a political relic. But onstage for a talk show this month ahead of March 4 elections, the 81-year-old media tycoon and former prime minister appeared like a man reborn.
by Michael Birnbaum / Stefano Pitrelli contributed to this report
“If the other parties had done their job,” he shouted from a makeshift stage as a cold rain dripped down his face, “Five Star wouldn’t have been born.”
by Griff Witte / Stefano Pitrelli contributed to this report.
Accustomed to peace, the Italian city of Macerata has been the scene of horrific violence.
by Griff Witte and Stefano Pitrelli, The Washington Post
