(13 Jun 2025)
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Venice, Italy – 13 June 2025
1. Gondolier steering tourists through Venice canals
2. Gondolas lined up in canal
3. Various of poster protesting Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ with text reading (English): "No Space for Bezos." (Italian): "Let’s organise our answer to Bezos’ wedding. Let’s prepare for resistance days."
4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Luigi Brugnaro, Mayor of Venice:
"But above all, he (Bezos) is a person who has achieved great things on a global level. We are extremely proud. I don’t know if I or he will have the time to meet and shake hands, but it is an honor that he is coming to Venice, that he has chosen Venice. He and all his friends. We are happy, and those 20 people who putting posters are clearly capitalizing on his image. However, once again, Venice proves to be a world stage."
5. Close of ripped anti-Bezos poster
6. Mid of tourists taking photo by canal
7. Mid of building
8. Various of people waiting to ride gondolas
9. Wide of St Mark’s Square
10. Tourist taking pictures
11. Boats sailing along canal
12. Various of people riding in gondolas
13. Wide of boats sailing along canal
STORYLINE:
Venetian activists, who have been campaigning for decades against the depopulation of Venice and against mass tourism, are now targeting American multi-billionaire businessman and Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos.
Bezos and his fiance Lauren Sanchez are expected to marry in the city at the end of June.
The wedding guests will occupy the luxury hotels in Venice and will gather for a few days in a city already overloaded with tourists in high season.
Posters were placed around the city in protest, many reading "No space for Bezos" and urging residents to demonstrate against the wedding.
The campaign is not supported by local mayor Luigi Brugnaro, who told The Associated Press he was proud Venice had been chosen by Bezos for the wedding.
"It is an honor that he is coming to Venice… once again, Venice proves to be a world stage."
AP video shot by Luca Bruno and Colleen Barry
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