“My thoughts on the U.S. elections? Mah, elections that will be very uncertain, until the night of November 5 we probably won’t know how they went, we won’t know what will happen. These are extraordinarily close elections, it’s going to be a handful of votes and a handful of thousands of votes that will make the difference.”
So says journalist Giovanna Botteri in Florence, known for her simple and incisive language, appreciated for good meticulousness. This was during the meeting organized by the Ast – Tuscan Press Association – and the Tuscany Region.
During the conference on “Kamala Harris and the Power-Duty of Journalism,” she had observed that many factors revolve around this, such as Benjam Netanyahu’s daily phone calls to Donald Trump, the Ukraine-Russia war, and more. In short, a whole series of causes capable of decisively influencing the vote in America.
“The U.S. elections are very important for international balances. They don’t just decide policy for the next four years in the United States, but throughout the Western world…throughout the world, especially at this time that we have two wars with sequels of great divisions and great tensions. I think as never before the world has entered into these difficult American balances.”
How much respect do you have for Kamala Harris?
“I think she’s a very capable and very intelligent, solid woman who has been on an important political path and would definitely make a good president.”
Before that, Giovanna Botteri spoke at length on the theme of the meeting in the halls of Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati in Florence, receiving the Pegaso Award for La Toscana delle Donne from Regional President Eugenio Giani, who credited her with turning the spotlight on events in the White House. Cabinet Chief Cristina Manetti – creator of La Toscana delle Donne – reiterated the opportunity to better understand American political dynamics, where there are high chances of seeing a woman become one of the most powerful people in the world.
At the choral gathering of the various journalists where Botteri was remarked that she had become a Florentine citizen, indeed, a Tuscan! Smiling, she had replied that she was inextricably linked to that region, as well as being particularly close to the Tuscans in their apprehension about the weather alert in the territory. “And this I say by expressing my full solidarity. As for the ‘Tuscany of Women’ held annually in this magnificent place, I consider the event definitely very important for thinking about our role. The candidacy of a woman, Kamala Harris, for the presidency of the United States is an opportunity to think and rethink about our role in society today, about what we can do and what we can change.”
Interviewed again for The Newyorker, she then replied that she had spent a decidedly interesting afternoon as, “always nice to talk by exchanging one’s views and ideas.” And again about the award she received, brightening her deep blue eyes even more: “Well…definitely a great satisfaction.”
Speakers at the meeting Lucia Aterini journalist and member of the Ast Toscana board and service chief of Il Tirreno, Eleonora Pinzuti professor at the University of Siena and Maria Salerno journalist and scholar of gender language. Moderator of the meeting Sandro Bennucci, president of Ast Toscana.
The article Giovanna Botteri and the U.S. elections: ‘<i>Important for international balances</i>’ comes from TheNewyorker.
