The President of Cuba mourns the death of Gianni Mena

His unforgettable encounters with Fidel (Castro) and his fight for justice earned him our admiration and affection. Our condolences to family and friends, the head of state added on that social network.

Mina began his career as a sports journalist in 1959 at Tuttosport, of which he was later director from 1996 to 1998, and in 1960 he made his RAI debut in collaboration with the creation of sports reports on the Olympic Games in Rome.

Since 1965 he has worked on documentaries and investigations in several programmes, and in 1981 he won the San Vicente Award for Best Television Journalist of the Year, Cobadepati recalls.

He has made more than 60 documentaries, with numerous awards, in 1987 he became world famous for his unforgettable 16 hour interview with the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, which inspired a book published in several languages ​​around the world.

Regarding this Antillean nation, he once said: “Cuba is an example to the world, to me it represents the realization of a utopia, even under a blockade that has lasted more than 50 years.”

In his extensive work as a writer, journalist and documentarian, the essay Continente desaparecidos highlights, as well as books such as Fidel, Encounter with Fidel, The Pope and Fidel, A Better World Possible, The Disappeared Continent Resurrected and Politically Incorrect, Journalist Out of Chorus.

In addition to the documentary Maradona: I will never be an Ordinary Man (2001) and others dedicated to figures such as Michel Platini, Ronaldo, Edwin Moses, Pietro Mena, Cassius Clay and Muhammad Ali. Also, among other social and political leaders, he dedicates a documentary to Rigoberta Menchu.

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