Alessandro Di Battista was admitted to a hospital in Santa Clara, Cuba. He reportedly felt unwell and had a severe headache and is in serious condition.
The former Five Star Movement MP, now vice president of the Schierarsi association, who turned 48 last August 4, as reported by Peter Gomez, director of Fattoquotidiano.it, " was on the island to produce a series of reports for Fatto Quotidiano and TvLoft entitled 'The Dust of the World'."
"The Five Star Movement community learned of Alessandro Di Battista's hospitalization in Cuba with great concern," the Five Star Movement announced. "We trust in receiving positive information and updates, and we extend our deepest sympathies to his family at this time of profound concern."
"Since last night , I have been in contact with the Italian Embassy in Cuba to check on the condition of Alessandro Di Battista ," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said. "He is being treated at a hospital in Santa Clara, where he was traveling. I pray for his health," he added. " The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will provide him and his family with all the necessary assistance. I am close to his loved ones and to the political community he represents."
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