Il delitto Lima. L’apertura del “vaso di Pandora” dei rapporti tra mafia e politica

When the Supreme Court confirmed the Maxi-trial, on January 30, 1992, for Cosa Nostra it was not important to wonder whether the political referents had done everything possible to prevent it. All that mattered was that Andreotti ha d not kept his promises. The first to pay was Salvo Lima, leader...

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Main Author: Vincenzo CASSARÀ
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Language:English
Published: Diacronie 2022-03-01
Series:Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea
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Online Access:http://www.studistorici.com/2022/03/29/cassara_numero_49/
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description When the Supreme Court confirmed the Maxi-trial, on January 30, 1992, for Cosa Nostra it was not important to wonder whether the political referents had done everything possible to prevent it. All that mattered was that Andreotti ha d not kept his promises. The first to pay was Salvo Lima, leader of his current in Sicily, whose murder, on March 12, sta r ted the season of the massacre. The murder closed the long historical phase in which the relationship between Ma fia a nd the institutions had been centered on the DC. With this article I propose to reconstruct the judicial conseq uences: f r om tha t moment on, the pentiti’s confessions would have shed light on his forty-year role of mediation, paving the way for Andreotti’s indictment for external complicity in mafia association.
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spelling doaj.art-dcd30ad257004544a7ea798a7b68dd762022-12-22T02:46:40ZengDiacronieDiacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea2038-09252022-03-0114179100Il delitto Lima. L’apertura del “vaso di Pandora” dei rapporti tra mafia e politicaVincenzo CASSARÀWhen the Supreme Court confirmed the Maxi-trial, on January 30, 1992, for Cosa Nostra it was not important to wonder whether the political referents had done everything possible to prevent it. All that mattered was that Andreotti ha d not kept his promises. The first to pay was Salvo Lima, leader of his current in Sicily, whose murder, on March 12, sta r ted the season of the massacre. The murder closed the long historical phase in which the relationship between Ma fia a nd the institutions had been centered on the DC. With this article I propose to reconstruct the judicial conseq uences: f r om tha t moment on, the pentiti’s confessions would have shed light on his forty-year role of mediation, paving the way for Andreotti’s indictment for external complicity in mafia association.http://www.studistorici.com/2022/03/29/cassara_numero_49/mafiademocrazia cristianagiulio andreottisalvo limapentiti
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Il delitto Lima. L’apertura del “vaso di Pandora” dei rapporti tra mafia e politica
Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea
mafia
democrazia cristiana
giulio andreotti
salvo lima
pentiti
title Il delitto Lima. L’apertura del “vaso di Pandora” dei rapporti tra mafia e politica
title_full Il delitto Lima. L’apertura del “vaso di Pandora” dei rapporti tra mafia e politica
title_fullStr Il delitto Lima. L’apertura del “vaso di Pandora” dei rapporti tra mafia e politica
title_full_unstemmed Il delitto Lima. L’apertura del “vaso di Pandora” dei rapporti tra mafia e politica
title_short Il delitto Lima. L’apertura del “vaso di Pandora” dei rapporti tra mafia e politica
title_sort il delitto lima l apertura del vaso di pandora dei rapporti tra mafia e politica
topic mafia
democrazia cristiana
giulio andreotti
salvo lima
pentiti
url http://www.studistorici.com/2022/03/29/cassara_numero_49/
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