Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez decided to move their marriage to a more isolated part of Venice, which will make the task more difficult to protesters who would like to disturb the celebrations.
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Protesters of the Italian city shouted Victoire at the announcement of the flip-flop of the founder of Amazon after weeks of protests against the billionaire project to privatize a popular district of the city center for his marriage to the journalist.
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According to the reuters news agency, the decision was made for fear of new demonstrations during the wedding, which will take place this week from Thursday to Saturday. Between 200 and 250 guests from the world of entertainment, politics and finance will now go to a room in the arsenale, a large 14th century complex located in the Castello district, east of the city. This new place is surrounded by water and will make it impossible for any intrusion once the connection bridges have been lifted.
The original place was the Scuola Grande Della Misericordia, a former medieval religious school located in the Cannaregio district.
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“The fact that Bezos fled from Misericordia is a great victory for us,” said Tommaso Cacciari, one of the “No Space for Bezos” campaign, for Bezos), who leads the movement against the heart of the billionaire in the heart of the city of Doges. The group has undertaken to make the “nightmarish” event by planning other demonstrations on Saturday along the canals, bridges and narrow streets in Venice.
The British media The Guardian reports that the collective wanted in particular to prevent the circulation of boats on the canals by filling them with inflatable crocodiles.
Jeff Bezos got engaged to Lauren Sanchez in 2023, four years after his divorce from his first wife, Mackenzie Scott, with whom he shares four children.
