Ismael Cala does not rule out participating in Cuban politics: “If life opens up the possibility of serving the country where I was born, why not?

The distance from journalism has allowed Ishmael Cala giving himself fully to being a lecturer, a job that brought him back to Lima after five years. “mastery of life”, an event he will lead on Saturday, March 18, seeks to ensure that people do not lose touch with the political and social events that surround them, but transcend them. in conversation with GlobeLiveMediathe former driver “Cala” He comments on the situation and reminisces about his days in front of television cameras.

There political crisis This is not a phenomenon that occurs only in Perucountries like Nicaragua, Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, the United States, Cuba (country of origin of the respondent) and others also cross it. This affects the lives of citizens and although cala He is not in favor of ignoring this situation, he believes that we must limit the attention we give to it “so that our productive lives and our mental health keep moving forward”.

For a long time the idea of ​​participating in policy was excluded from his plans, but Ishmael said to himself: “If you, who speak of conscience and values ​​to others, you say no to the opportunity given to you to serve your country, why should you demand integrity? and the honesty of the rest?

It’s not a clear or definite idea, according to the speaker himself, but “if life opens up the possibility that Ismael Cala can serve the country where I was born, why not?”

Ishmael Cala questions that many times there has been no awakening of the collective conscience for a country to rise up and claim the government it deserves, but the truth is that in 1959, Cuba He experienced a similar scenario that captivated thousands of young people on the island and in the region.

When asked if he would have been part of this group of people, the writer replied that “perhaps yes because that year Fidel (Castro) did not speak of socialism, only that he was going end corruption like many others today”. .”

“It wasn’t until 1961 that he used the word Marxism-Leninism and that’s when people realized his real intentions: to be a satellite of the Soviet Union. Whoever lived this story saw a liberator who apparently wanted to get us out of the seals of capitalism and make Cuba a better country. Many people believed that Fidel Castro was a solution for Cubabut then they realized the truth,” the interviewee told GlobeLiveMedia.

Ismael Cala gained popularity by hosting a talk show on CNN in Spanish. In the midst of a notorious crisis in journalism, the speaker recalls that trying to force “something that was on my mind” out of the interviewee was a mistake.

“The journalist is not a prosecutor or a judge, we must expose the facts, ask questions and let justice do its job. Journalism is not the legal organ of justice in any country,” he stressed.

“I think journalism has been prostituted because public and private media seek to maintain the status quo. He was prostituted because there are hidden agendas and because the editorial position is biased. When this happens, we no longer seek truth, but impose a biased, fragmented and polarized one. (…) Many people know that for me the Communism and the socialism it’s pure bullshit, though, if I interview a socialistI want this person to feel that I am not imposing my truth on them, but that they know why they are defending this project,” he concluded.