Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Venice wedding to Lauren Sánchez has been triggering several protests in the historic sinking city, with activist groups staging demonstrations and aiming to obstruct access to the city’s famed canals.
While activists belonging to the “No Space For Bezos” group do not have an issue with the marriage itself, the common feeling is that Venice is being privatized and exploited, and that the “wedding of the century” only highlights the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots.
