Di Battista Küba'dan Cuma Günü Ayrılacağını Duyurdu

Di Battista says feeling better, leaving Cuba Friday

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 2 - Alessandro Di Battista, a writer, activist and former top member of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), said Tuesday night he is felling better after being admitted in a serious condition to a Havana hospital Saturday after suffering severe head pain and passing out while on a reporting trip to Cuba. Di Battista, 48, who regained consciousness Sunday, said he wold return to Italy Friday. Italy has sent a medical team from Rome's prestigious Gemelli Hospital to assist in his case. Writing on social media, Di Battista said: "Today I feel better. These have been difficult days, and at the same time, I'm optimistic and always try to see the positive in everything. I thank the Cuban doctors who, as confirmed by the Italian doctors, were very good and timely in their diagnosis and initial treatment. I will leave Cuba on September 4th with an air ambulance, the costs of which will be covered by the insurance company with which I took out a policy before departure." His 45-year-old partner Sahra Lahouasnia, a French-born Sorbonne graduate and journalist, also flew out to be with him. The couple have two young children, Andrea and Filippo. Di Battista, although he stepped down from the M5S a few years ago under its ban on members serving more than two terms in public office, is still a regular on Italian TV chat shows and has been prominent in denouncing what many call an Israeli genocide in Gaza, a claim Tel Aviv vehemently rejects. (ANSA). Read article...