In news from Italy, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has named, Gianfranco Fini, the former leader of Italy’s neo-fascists to become the country’s new foreign minister. The Guardian of London reports that Fini’s National Alliance party was launched in the early 1990s to replace the Italian Social Movement, which was formed after the war to keep Benito Mussolini’s ideals alive. Fini has attempted to shed his fascist background as he gained political power. Two years ago he retracted a statement of his that Mussolini was the 20th century’s greatest statesman. Democracy Now will be broadcasting from Italy on Wednesday.