The assassination of God's banker: Roberto Calvi and the Vatican
Roberto Calvi was the Vatican front man in a secret operation to transfer money to Poland supporting the Solidarity Trade Union in its anti-communist uprising. But suddenly a tax inspection revealed a huge hole in Calvi's accounts. Before he told hi...
Death of a populist: Pim Fortuyn and the Dutch consensus
Pim Fortuyn was a political outsider and reformist poised to be the next Prime Minister of Holland when on May 6, 2002 he was gunned down in the street. Was the killing the act of a lone assassin or the concerted effort of the Establishment to prote...
The Cradock murders: Matthew Goniwe & the demise of apartheid
Matthew Goniwe, a popular teacher from the small town of Cradock, was a leading opponent of South Africa's separatist Apartheid policies. His contributions led to the first "liberated zone." Goniwe's brutal murder by security forces signaled the beg...
Carbombing in Beirut: who killed Rafic Hariri?
From his humble beginnings in a peasant Lebanese family, Rafic Hariri rose to become a multi billionaire and Prime Minister of Lebanon. On February 14th, 2005, a massive car bomb cut short his storied life. An ongoing UN investigation has yet to rev...
Death in Geneva: the poisoning of Félix Moumié
In the mid 20th century, Cameroon held particular strategic importance in France's effort to retain power over Western and Central African colonies. The famous Cameroon freedom fighter, Felix Moumie, posed too big a threat so his life and efforts we...
Night flight to death: the violent end of Dag Hammarskjöld
During the Cold War, the power blocks of the East and West vied to control the vast mineral resources of the former Belgian colony, The Congo. The Swedish Secretary General of the United Nations sent in UN troops as a mediating, independent force. B...
A death for peace: Mahatma Gandhi and the impossible quest
Mahatma Gandhi is considered the father of the partition of the Indian Empire into India and Pakistan. Over 50 years later it is critical to analyze Gandhi's struggles in context with the simmering tensions that headline world events today.
Death colonial style: the execution of Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the newly independent Congo, was a hero to his fellow Africans but a communist threat to the West. Within months of becoming Prime Minister in 1960, Lumumba was ousted in a military coup and killed shortl...
Death in Rome: the case of Aldo Moro
The President of the leading Italian Christian Democratic Party, Aldo Moro, was working on a historic compromise that would allow communists in a coalition government. On May 9, 1978, police discovered his body in the trunk of a car with eleven shot...
The end of an American dream: the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
It was June 1968 and senator Bobby Kennedy was running for President. The people adored him, but the political establishment and big business saw him as a threat. Sirhan Sirhan was convicted for Kennedy's murder and remains in prison today. But subs...