Our Editor-in-Chief at Gateway Hispanic, María Herrera Mellado, carried out an unique interview with María Fernanda Cabal, Colombia’s most voted senator and potential first feminine president, throughout CPAC Mexico 2024.
María Herrera: María Fernanda, it’s a pleasure to have you ever right here once more at CPAC. How are you feeling?
M. Fernanda: I’m doing effectively. Very effectively and fairly completely happy.
María Herrera: We’re thrilled to have you ever again in Mexico. We heard Texas Senator Ted Cruz converse concerning the significance of exposing Maduro and the fraud in Venezuela. Why do you assume Petro in Colombia or Boric in Chile at the moment are questioning Maduro’s legitimacy, regardless of having been allies till not too long ago?
M. Fernanda: Effectively, Boric is perhaps a bit extra trustworthy than Petro. Petro, then again, has a extra prison background. That is merely a matter of adapting to the scenario, notably to the U.S. sanctions. You’ll be able to’t simply declare every thing was wonderful. Moreover, Petro himself used fraudulent techniques internally, however in opposition to a weak authorities just like the earlier one below President Duque to grab energy. So, it’s inconsistent to help freedom in Venezuela whereas backing the repression of youth protests in Colombia, which had been funded by drug cash to destroy well-liked cities. Petro has no alternative however to placed on a facade now, however on the finish of the day, he stays a pal and associate of Maduro, who helped him win the election.
María Herrera: Understood. Santiago Abascal in Spain has acknowledged that he’ll launch the most important offensive in Europe to reveal Maduro’s tyranny and is searching for allies. What’s your stance? I do know you’re a part of the Madrid Discussion board group and signed the letter. What’s your place? What ought to Colombia’s stance be relating to the European Union within the battle in opposition to the advance of Twenty first-century socialism within the area?
M. Fernanda: The problem is that we have now to do that from inside the political events as a result of, in our case, we have now a far-left authorities in Colombia, an anarchist authorities led by an expert anarchist. We should take the offensive from assume tanks and civil society, which is generally watching as societies that after prided themselves on being civilized and free fall into tyranny’s palms. Why are we so cowardly within the West? We see what’s occurring proper earlier than our eyes, enable the worst to occur, and don’t confront tyrannies like Maduro’s with the rigor they deserve. If we proceed like this, we are going to find yourself enjoying the position of Neville Chamberlain in World Struggle II, virtually exposing the survival of England and the remainder of Europe to Nazi Germany.
María Herrera: Final query, María Fernanda. Kamala Harris was simply nominated by the Democratic Occasion. She helps insurance policies which have already devastated nations like Colombia, Venezuela, and Cuba, however she is a lady who identifies as Black, though she was beforehand recognized as Indian. Why are ladies supporting and voting for figures like Kamala Harris, Claudia Sheinbaum, and different puppets, as you name them, of the Puebla Group and the São Paulo Discussion board, who don’t symbolize values like life and freedom? Why are ladies freely giving their votes in these nations?
M. Fernanda: As a result of we’ve made many errors, amongst them not figuring out the way to talk successfully. We maintain the reality and defend what we imagine is morally proper, however some are afraid to talk out, and others talk so poorly or at such size that individuals don’t perceive. The left excels in propaganda, in spreading lies, however they succeed by waving the banners of simply causes solely to pervert them. That’s why they management causes like ladies’s rights, environmentalism, animal rights, and LGBTQ points. They personal every thing that society considers delicate, and any dissenting opinion is attacked. However in the long run, all they care about is energy, and they’re going to in the end persecute everybody, together with those that don’t share their concepts. Propaganda and communication, María—we have to learn to talk with out mendacity, however in a means that appeals to right now’s viewers with brief, highly effective, and visually gorgeous messages. Society has stopped studying; now it’s all about messages now not than 20 seconds. Younger individuals will flip off their telephones if it takes longer, saying, «Let’s watch one thing else.» We lack the brilliance they’ve in creating propaganda and communication to point out those that what they’re saying is fake.
María Herrera: Would you be a really completely different candidate for Colombia’s presidency in comparison with Claudia Sheinbaum and Kamala Harris?
M. Fernanda: Completely. I don’t like being acknowledged in my position simply because I’m a lady—I discover that worrying. I imagine benefit needs to be the important thing consider any appointment. However that’s not the way it works. Right here, it’s all about sexual orientation, pores and skin shade, all with that false leftist sensitivity. However the ones that suffer are those that obtain this type of public coverage design. You wouldn’t put an incompetent, a slacker, or a liar in a administration place. You wouldn’t rent a thief or a slacker in your organization, but they provide us thieves and slackers in authorities roles.
María Herrera: Thanks a lot on your time.
M. Fernanda: Thanks.
Joana Campos es abogada y editora con más de 10 años de experiencia en la gestión de proyectos de desarrollo internacional, enfocada en la sostenibilidad y el impacto social positivo. Actualmente dirige JC Editorial, donde ha coordinado la edición y distribución de libros de reconocidos autores internacionales y la logística de numerosas giras nacionales. Además, se desempeña como Administradora Normal en Medicina Integradora, gestionando la clínica y generando proyectos en diversas áreas. Anteriormente, trabajó como abogada corporativa, especializándose en derecho penal y corporativo. Joana es licenciada en Derecho por la Universidad de Guadalajara.
Joana Campos is a lawyer and editor with over 10 years of expertise in managing worldwide improvement initiatives, specializing in sustainability and constructive social impression. She at present leads JC Editorial, the place she has coordinated the enhancing and distribution of books by famend worldwide authors and managed the logistics of quite a few nationwide excursions. Moreover, she serves because the Normal Administrator at Medicina Integradora, overseeing the clinic and producing initiatives in numerous areas. Beforehand, she labored as a company lawyer, specializing in prison and company regulation. Joana holds a regulation diploma from the College of Guadalajara.
