CRÓNICAS ANTIMAFIA

Born into a Sicilian mafia family in the 1970s, Rita Atria defied the fate that Cosa Nostra had mapped out for her simply because she was a woman. Here is part of her story.

The story of Rossella Casini is a story of women—of many women: her own story, that of her mother, her friends, and her university classmates; also that of her sister-in-law and of those who decided her fate. Here is part of her story.

The son of a rubber tapper in the Amazon rainforest, he began working before the age of ten. He became a representative of the workers, whom he rallied to the cause of environmental protection, promoting the idea that progress could be achieved in a balanced and sustainable way. He stood up to the military government, to landowners, and to criminals. Here is part of his story.

Paolo Borsellino was an Italian magistrate who, together with his friend and colleague Giovanni Falcone, led numerous prosecutions against the Sicilian mafia.