In a 1993 court appearance that shocked Italians, a Mafia turncoat testified he saw Mr. Andreotti kiss the hand of Italy's top Mafiadon in a sign of respect an allegation Mr. Andreotti promptly dismissed as slander.
Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide restored to power by Bill Clinton behaves like a mafiadon in his destitute nation, where critics of the government are murdered with impunity.
