Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday, 1 October 2012


In Italy, a comedian is getting the last laugh

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Beppe Grillo, a TV comedian-turned-political phenomenon, is making much of Europe nervous. Pundits see his rise as underscoring the political uncertainty in Italy that is quickly becoming one of the biggest wild cards of the European debt crisis.