About a dozen Venetian organizations — including housing advocates, anti-cruise ship campaigners and university groups — have united to protest the

Protesters in Venice claim their threat to blockade the city’s canals has forced a venue change for a party to celebrate the wedding of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez have arrived in Venice, ahead of their star-studded and controversial weekend wedding. Bezos waved from a water taxi as he and Sánchez arrived at the dock of the Aman Hotel on the Grand Canal,