Biography of Alessandro Di Battista
Alessandro Di Battista was born 4 August 1978 in Rome, the son of Vittorio Di Battista, former City Councilman for the Italian social movement. Raised in Civita Castellana and after graduating from the liceo scientifico "Farnesina" of Rome by a vote of 46 60th, he enrolled at the University of Rome Three to study at Dams (disciplines of art, music and drama); Once he graduated, gets the University a master's degree in international protection of human rights. Alessandro Di Battista later moved to America, where he worked as an aid worker for a year in Guatemala, engaging in productive projects and education in indigenous communities. In 2008 is in Africa, where she deals with education and microcredit in Congo, but also cooperates with Unesco in connection with the right to food.
The South American experience
Back in Rome, is a candidate in local elections in the capital with list Amici di Beppe Grillo, not being elected. After working with Caritas, with the Italian Council for refugees and with a non-governmental organization, Amka, which manages the implementation of projects aimed at the development of Southern Countries, in 2010 he ventured into writing a book, titled "on new continental policy", and leaves for South America, travelling between the Bolivia (where he worked on the living conditions of the miners and food sovereignty) , Chile (where it supports the struggle of the Mapuche), Patagonia (where he studied the phenomenon of recovered factories after the crisis by workers), Nicaragua (where it has to do with the peasant movements, agrarian reform and the fight against genetically modified crops), Peru, Colombia (where he studied the sicariato, the paramilitarism and other military phenomena, including that of drug traffickers), Ecuador (where he worked on indigenous justice and urban gardens) and the Amazon (where he works on the San Pablo leper colony).Alessandro Di Battista in the years 2010
In 2011 he began collaborating with Beppe Grillo's blog, writing surveys and reports focused on actions in Guatemala of Enel (the theme also opens a parliamentary inquiry), and the following year for the Casaleggio Associati publishes a book about South American shooters, entitled "Hitmen at five dollars" and published as an e-book for Adagio (which belongs to the company by Gianroberto Casaleggio) : to achieve it has traveled to Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama and in having got to see up close and examine the causes of the phenomenon of sicariato. Inside, meanwhile, the Movement 5 Stars, for which he is spokesman for his region in December of 2012 Alessandro Di Battista applies to so-called parlamentarie, winning fourth place Lazio 1 constituency for the House of representatives: so, during the elections in the following year he was elected Deputy. Since 7 May of 2013 is Vice President of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the community. Become one of the most charismatic leaders of the movement, is considered a sort of Foreign Minister (his first speech in the Chamber on Marines is greatly appreciated by Laura Boldrini, speaker of the House) and go into the Standing Committee Africa and global issues and in the Standing Committee on the Italians in the world and the country promotion. In may 2014 ends in the eye of the storm for some statements made during the program by La7 moving target, led by Enrico Mentana, having associated with the word "mafia" Democratic Party parliamentarians Giuseppe Civati and Gianni Cuperlo: the two protagonists of the statements, while stizzendosi for those terms, decide not to press charges, after receiving an apology in private by the same Di Battista. The latter, a few months later, publishes on the blog of Beppe Grillo a post dedicated to Isis in which proposed to raise to interlocutors the terrorists. In this case, the story is followed by controversy rather heavy, which will fade away after the Deputy 5 Star movement makes clear that his words were referring to Hamas and not to Isis. In February 2015 he is mentioned in an article published in one of the most prestigious newspapers in the United States, the New York Times, which places it among those who said or wrote the biggest lies in the previous year: the reference is to a line spoken at an event at the Circus Maximus, when he described the Nigeria as a country in the hands of Boko Haram for 60% and in the hands of ebola for remaining 40% (a statement which is contradicted by the same New York Times that use the data released by the World Health Organization). Starting from 4 November 2015 Alessandro Di Battista is part of the Standing Committee on the reform of institutional structures of Italy's foreign policy. Meanwhile, following the resignation of Ignazio Marino from his position as Mayor of Rome, his name is often posted by news outlets between those of 5 Star Movement for candidates eligible candidates the Chair of Mayor of the capital. During this period, which coincides with that in which Gates expresses its willingness to make a "side step", Alessandro Di Battista is among the prominent politicians of the M5S, together with Luigi Di Maio and Roberto Fico. The web has a personal blog and on Twitter with the acount: @ale_dibattista.Article contributed by the team of collaborators.