My hope is clear: that this new chapter brings meaningful achievements for all Sicilians, wherever they may be. But above all, that the desire grows to stay, to return, to build. Not to leave out of necessity, but to move by choice.

I am a Sicilian living abroad too. I live far from my homeland, yet Sicily has never left me. Those who leave know this well: a bond is not broken—it is carried along. And often it is precisely from those who are away that the clearest vision emerges of what this land can become.

That is why La Sicilia dedicates this edition to Sicilians around the world. Out there exists an extraordinary wealth of skills, ideas, energy and human capital. Not to be narrated with nostalgia, but to be........

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