Two hundred white balloons were released into the sky, amidst tears and applauses, by his friends, marking the end the funeral of Willy Monteiro, the young Italian man of Capeverdan descent brutally killed at the age of 21, during a fight, to protect a friend.Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte embraced Willy’s mother and father, Lucia … Continue reading “Willy sacrificed himself on the cross like a young Christ”. At the funerals of Willy Monteiro Duarte, Italy mourns a martyr.