Who is Veronica Lario?

Veronica Lario made the news in the last days... Who she really is?

Veronica Lario, byname of Miriam Raffaella Bartolini (born July 19, 1956) is an Italian former actress, currently the wife of Italian ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Biography

Born in Bologna, she was an actress of low budget films. In a famous scene in the 1982 film Tenebrae, directed by Dario Argento, she sits at a table by a window with a gun because she knows a killer is chasing her. An axe crashes through the window and chops her hand off. The blood spraying from her arm paints a wall before she is finished off by the killer.

Married on December 15, 1990, Silvio Berlusconi and Veronica Lario have three children: Barbara (1984), Eleonora (1986) and Luigi (1988).

When she was the Italian first lady, Veronica Lario chose to maintain a low public profile. She avoided most public events and meetings and she seldom accompanied her husband Silvio Berlusconi at official meetings. On the other hand she has been well known to have publicly expressed political opinions in contrast with those of her husband, for example on bioethics or defending pacifists protesting the war in Iraq.

Her husband has never been shy of mentioning Veronica Lario on public occasions, and he alluded at least once to a supposed affair between her and opposition politician Massimo Cacciari.

Source: Wikipedia

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You're not forgiven!

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi says sorry to his wife Veronica Lario for flirting with Mara Carfagna (photo), but she hasn't accepted his apology. It's not over... (See La dolce politica, Don't cha wish your MP was hot like me and Italian soap opera

The Open Letter of Veronica Lario

I have faced the conflicts and painful moments of a long conjugal relationship with respect and discretion.

To my husband and to the public man I therefore ask for a public apology, having not received one privately.

This line of conduct has a sole limit, my dignity as a woman. Today for my female children... the example of a woman capable of defending her own dignity in her relationships with men takes on a particularly significant importance.

The apology of Silvio Berlusconi

Here I am, saying I'm sorry. I was recalcitrant in private, because I am playful but proud too. Challenged in public, the temptation to give in to you is strong. I can't resist.

We have been together for a whole life... You have always been for me from the first moment that we met and fell in love.

Believe me, I have never made a marriage proposal to anyone. So, I beg you, forgive me and accept this public display of a private pride that gives in to your rage as an act of love - just one of many.

American politician best friend

Since the president Richard Nixon and his dog Checkers – and his famous «Checkers speech» in 1952, the dog is the best friend of the American politician. John McCain didn’t forget it in the last issue of Vanity Fair.

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Your Kiss is on My List

Former Israel Justice Minister Haim Ramon was found guilty the 31 January after a trial that focused attention on changing norms in Israel at a time when its president is facing much more serious sexual charges. Some Israelis said it was an overreaction to convict a former cabinet member of sexual misconduct for forcibly kissing a female soldier. Others thought it's about time a society that reveres military-style machismo starts reining in its men. On thing is sure, he will never sing this Hall & Oates song!

(Because your kiss) Your kiss is on my list

(Because your kiss) Your kiss is on my list

Because your kiss is on my list of the best things in life

(Because your kiss) Your kiss is on my list

(Because your kiss) Your kiss I can't resist

Because your kiss is what I miss when I turn out the light

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Italian soap opera

The saga continue between the former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi and his wife Veronica Lario (see La dolce politica and Don’t you wish your MP was hot like me). On Wednesday, Silvio Berlusconi published a public apology but she is far from happy. Mara Carfagna is not the only one, Silvio Berlusconi also flirt with Venezuelan model and TV star Aida Yespica (photo) and said to her that he would «run away to a desert island with her».

Photo: The Electric New Paper

Condoleezza Rice and the Superbowl

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice knows how to hold a football (see How to look cool while holding a football?). In Associated press : «During a photo opportunity to tell Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov goodbye, the two refused to answer questions about the Middle East situation, the subject of Sergey Lavrov's visit. Then, as they turned away, a reporter asked Condoleezza Rice to forecast the Super Bowl outcome. "I really like both Chicago and Indianapolis, but I think Indianapolis is going to win it," she said. Then, as if it were an afterthought, she added: "And that would be a good thing." ». She was right!

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How to look cool while holding a football?

It's Superbowl time. It is important for politicians to know about how to look cool while holding a football. Tips of the day: try to don’t look like Robert Stanfield, the former leader of the federal Conservative Party of Canada between 1967 and 1976.

Don't cha wish your MP was hot like me?

Mara Carfagna, the Italian member of Parliament who so fascinated former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi that he was forced into a public apology to his wife (see La dolce politica), appeared nude in Spanish sports newspaper AS on the February 1st.

Under the headline "Mara dazzles Berlusconi", the 31-year-old MP from Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party was splashed across the back page of the popular daily paper from Madrid wearing nothing but a fishing net, her breasts barely covered by her long dark hair.

Photo: Globo

Naked truth

Plenty of politicians promise to tell the naked truth, but Albert Rivera - a 26-year old law school graduate and Spanish politician - is taking the cliché literally, appearing nude on a campaign poster as he runs for president of Catalonia. On thousands of posters adorning the streets of Barcelona and other Catalan cities, Albert Rivera is shown naked as the day he was born, covering himself, fig-leaf style to keep the poster family-friendly. Beside the photo, a caption reads: "We don't care where you were born. We don't care which language you speak. We don't care what kind of clothes you wear. We care about you".

La dolce politica

Veronica Lario, the wife of Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, chose to make her anger over his flirtations public in an open letter in the roman daily newspaper La Repubblica. She was reacting to comments that Berlusconi made last week during a party about the pretty and young Member of Parliament Mara Carfagna.

Mara Carfagna, a former Miss Italy contestant, who has since appeared as a show girl in numerous variety shows on Silvio Berlusconi's TV channels and entered parliament at the last election as an MP for his Forza Italia! party. She is now a member of the Italian parliament's constitutional affairs committee.

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