DATA OF INTEREST
GUEST:
JORGE MASETTI
HOST:
ANAELI IBARRA
Synopsis:
A conversation with Jorge Masetti, the son of the journalist and guerrillero Ricardo Masetti. Jorge talks about his childhood memories of Cuba following the disappearance of his father, his political participation in Argentina, his return to Cuba, his indoctrination, his political ties with Latin American guerillas and the role of Cuba in the articulation of a liberation movement, the trainings, irregularities, corruption and the violence of revolutionary groups.
Bio:
Jorge Masetti, the son of Jorge Ricardo Masetti, was born in 1955 in Argentina, but was raised in Cuba. In 1964, his father, a friend of Che Guevara and founder of the Prensa Latina, died. In 1974, he began working as an agent of Cuban espionage throughout Latin America, continuing to do so until the infamous 1989 “Ochoa Trial”, initiated by Fidel Castro out of fear that the United States would reveal proof of Cuba´s implication in drug and ivory trafficking. The trial culminates in the sentencing to death of General Arnaldo Ochoa, hero of the war in Africa, and Tony de la Guardia, as well as a life sentence for Patricio, his twin brother. It turns out that Masetti was not only the right hand man of Patricio and Tony, but also their brother-in-law. In 1990 he exiles to France.
