Lega Autonomia Veneta
The Lega Autonomia Veneta (Venetian Autonomy League, LAV) was a centre-left regionalist political party in Veneto. History The party's long-standing leaders were Mario Rigo, a former Mayor of Venice (1975–1985) and MEP (1984–1989) for the Italian Socialist Party, and incumbent Senator, and Oscar De Bona, Socialist President of the Province of Belluno since 1990. In the 1990 regional election the party, at time called ''Iniziativa Civica'' ("Civic Initiative") won 0.9% of the vote, but, as Liga Veneta–Lega Nord boomed in the early 1990s, the party changed its name into Lega Autonomia Veneta, with a very small word "Autonomia", and its symbol into former Liga's symbol the lion of Saint Mark. The LAV increased its share of votes, gaining 5-6% of the vote in Senate elections. Rigo was elected for the party to the Chamber of Deputies (along with Pierluigi Ronzani to the Senate) in 1992 and to the Senate in 1996 (in coalition with The Olive Tree). De Bona was re-elected Pre ...
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Mario Rigo
is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa villain Bowser. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities. Mario's fraternal twin brother is Luigi. Mario first appeared as the player character of ''Donkey Kong'' (1981), a platform game. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances; originally called "Mr. Video", he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale. Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after the setting o ...
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