Machete y Mate

This week we are joined by our eyes and ears in Puerto Rico journalist Carlos Berrios Polanco to discuss the colony's role in The US kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro and further imperial encroachment in the region. We also discuss life in the first year under the governorship of pathetic Trump sycophant Jenniffer Gonzalez and her facilitation of ICE raids in Puerto Rico. Also, Greenland.

Don't call it a comeback. We are joined by friend of the show and Drop Site News contributor Jose Luis Granados Ceja to help us break down and make sense of the kidnapping of the President of The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro. What lead to this, the ramifications and the reverberations.

After a few weeks off, Austin G is back to bring you a solo interview pod with previous guest and union organizer Luisa Martinez @LuisaKnuckles. Austin and Luisa discuss an exciting new project of theirs within the Democratic Socialists of America as they officially launch the 21st Century Socialism Caucus, a new caucus within DSA for members who believe in furthering the vision of 21st Century So...

The whole gang is back together to discuss the Milei's crypto rug pull and the general state of the Right Wing order across the world particularly in Ecuador in light of their forthcoming election and in Puerto Rico where it is comprador and patronage business as usual. We also talk about Bad Bunny by the way.

As each day seems to come with a new threat from Donal Tron and the Yanquis de Mierda against Latin America we are happy to bring you all this collab with José Luis Granados Ceja of Soberania the Mexican Politics Podcast . José Luis joins us in digesting the initial wave of executive orders from Donald Trump in regards to Mexico and what the reaction and response has looked like south of the borde...

In our latest episode we sit down with returning guest and former Independence Party candidate for San Juan city council, Paul Figueroa. Paul helped run the House District 4 campaign of Adriana Gutierrez Colon, one of the closest house races of the entire election cycle. In addition to going over the latest updates from the recount/general scrutiny, Paul discusses with us his perspective on the gr...

In our latest episode, we continue our 2024 Puerto Rico Election coverage as we sit down with former Independence Party candidate for Naguabo municipal council, Jeremy Rivera Torres. We discuss the continued fallout and aftermath of the (still not totally decided) election with Jeremy and the potential political landscape moving forward. Jeremy gives us his perspective from the ground on how the e...

PUERTO RICO POST-ELECTION DEBRIEF! Join us as we discuss and analyze the results of the momentous and consequential election in Puerto Rico that saw what was thought to be impossible: an Independentist challenging the Comprador duopoly with a real chance of winning. We also talk about next steps for the movement and a little bit about the smaller election in the Metropole.

Leroy, T and Austin reunite to cover some of the most recent events relating to the upcoming elections in Puerto Rico and the United States. We discuss the insurgent candidacy of Juan Dalmau and la Alianza as well as what brought Puerto Rico to the brink of a political earthquake. We make our final predictions on what exactly we expect to happen in Puerto Rico as well as what the other possible ou...

The boys are all together to recap, analyze, discuss, pontificate, fanboy the recent Gubernatorial debate in Puerto Rico ahead of what will go down as a cataclysmic paradigm in Puerto Rico politics and reality.

After a few months off, Austin G is back to bring you a solo interview pod with previous guest and union organizer Luisa Martinez. Luisa was able to attend Venezuela's recent presidential election in person as an election observer on behalf of the Democratic Socialists of America International Committee (dsaic.org) and gives us her on the ground perspective of how the situation unfolded. Austi...

In this edition of MyM, we do a bit of a debrief on the recent elections in Mexico and the primaries of the comprador Pro-Statehood PNP in Puerto Rico. Austin breaks down his experience as an election observer in Mexico giving us his analysis of the ramifications of Claudia Sheinbaum's victory. Hilarity and giggling ensues as we discuss the Looney Tunes show that were these primaries in Puerto Ric...

After a typical hiatus, MyM is back with a Current Events episode. In this one, we preview the November elections in Puerto Rico. We dive a bit deeper into the comprador Statehood party's impending primary pitting incumbent Pedro Pierluisi, the Ted Cruz of Chuck Schumers, against Resident Commissioner and MAGA enthusiast Jenniffer Gonzalez which may very well dictate the success of the Independent...

LeRoy, T, and friend of the show Rev are back together to discuss one thing: the growing global solidarity movement for Palestine. Rev and LeRoy discuss what they've been a part of and what they've been seeing down in Australia while T brings a US perspective. We discuss the various players and dynamics involved day in and day out in this swelling solidarity movement: from 100s of Anti-Zio...

After an extended hiatus, LeRoy and T are joined by friend of the show Rev to discuss and breakdown the recent failed Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum and the ongoing Palestinian genocide. Both topics are inextricably linked through the history of settler-colonial violence. We navigate the background and fallout of the failed referendum and the already apparent implications, discussing th...

In our latest episode, we are excited to bring to all the Macheteymatistas out there an interview with close friend and comrade Luisa Martinez. Luisa is an organizer with the Democratic Socialists of America that is running for national leadership within the organization at their upcoming national convention. We start our conversation off with Luisa's own personal background early life growing...

After an unplanned hiatus, the MyM boys are back with a current events episode. We start by breaking down the latest with disgraced Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso and his move to nuke the legislature, call new elections, and rule by decree in the meantime. We work our way towards discussing the latest disappointing news from Chile, more of Boric paving the way for the resurgence of the Pinoc...

Sometimes we have nothing, sometimes we double up. In a second drop this week, Austin and LeRoy put a bow on the lead up to the Paraguayan election with a discussion of what's at stake and the ramifications of this unprecedented tight race. The final two stories are loosely a debrief of our conversation with Julian Garrido about Argentina and Ecuador. Regarding Argentina, we discuss why the Ar...

In our latest episode, we are excited to bring to all the Macheteymatistas out there a fascinating discussion on South American politics with Quito-based political strategist Julián Garrido. We start off in Ecuador which has undergone serious political turmoil in the last couple months as embattled incumbent President Guillermo Lasso's impeachment continues to look imminent. Julián brings us h...

We're back this week with another Current Events episode and the whole team is together! This week we preview the impending and consequential elections in Paraguay and Guatemala. LeRoy leads the convo surrounding Paraguay, going through the candidates, the political history, current society and what's at stake for the landlocked country. Austin leads our convo around Guatemala, setting the...

A new current events episode and the whole gang is together! We start off by going through the trouble facing Ecuador President Guillermo and former Prez Lenin Moreno: bribery, potential impeachment, and narco connections to the Albanian mafia. We move on to breakdown AMLO's proposed reforms of Mexico's Elections Commission its prompting of the ratcheting up of Imperial rhetoric from the North. We...

In our latest episode, we are excited to bring to all the Macheteymatistas out there an in-depth discussion on Venezuela with Venezuela Analysis' own José Luis Granados Ceja. Venezuela Analysis has long been the leader in English-language coverage of Venezuela and José Luis has been a big part of that, from writing a lot of their most recent international news reports to hosting the official Venez...

In our latest emergency interview, Austin and T attempt to conduct a full interview without our traditional podcast host Leroy as we sit down with Chilean economist and returning podcast Chile expert Diego Polanco to talk about the recent spread of forest fires that have engulfed South-Central Chile. Coming straight to us from Chile, Diego breaks down for us the levels to which climate change and...

In this edition of MyM, (a very sick) Austin and LeRoy sit down with Puerto Rico based journalist and Latino Rebels Caribbean Correspondent Carlos Berrios Polanco to discuss his on the ground perspective of activism in Puerto Rico. We begin with this week's shooting of an activist by private security guards in Aguadilla and the context of the confrontations. Carlos breaks down the latest round of...

In this episode, we (not T unfortunately) begin by previewing a few things we're looking forward to seeing unfold this year, a year already proving to be quite eventful. Austin highlights next month's elections in Ecuador and LeRoy similarly talks about the April general elections in Paraguay and the internal rumblings in the ubiquitous Colorado Party. The meat of the episode is the review of this...