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Machete y Mate
by Machete y Maté
Revolutionary Marxist program for the Latinx community in La Patria Grande and the diaspora.
Episodes
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THE COLONIAL AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE CARIBBEAN WITH SPECIAL GUEST CARLOS BERRIOS POLANCO
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...
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THE KIDNAPPING OF MADURO WITH SPECIAL GUEST JOSE LUIS GRANADOS CEJA
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...
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21ST CENTURY SOCIALISM IN THE USA! DSA Caucus Launch w Luisa
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...
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Current Events #64: MILEI SHITCOIN, ECUADOR ELECTION, PUERTO RICO
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…
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VAYANSE AL CARAJO YANQUIS DE MIERDA! Trump and Mexico w Jose Luis Granados Ceja
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...
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Scrutinizing the Scrutiny! Comrade Conversation with Paul Figueroa
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...
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What Next for La Alianza? Comrade Conversation with Jeremy Rivera Torres
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...
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Current Events #63: PR ELECTION DEBRIEF
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...
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Current Events #62: PUERTO RICO ELECTION 2024 PREVIEW
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…
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Current Events #61: GRAN DEBATE PUERTO RICO 2024
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.
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Current Events #60: VENEZUELA ELECTIONS AND AFTERMATH W/ LUISA
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...
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Current Events #59: MEXICO ELECTIONS & PUERTO RICO PRIMARIES
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....
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Current Events #58: PUERTO RICO ELECTIONS PREVIEW
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...
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PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY: The ongoing global response to the genocide in Gaza
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...
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AUSTRALIA/PALESTINE: Comrade Conversation w/ Rev
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…
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DSA Convention: Comrade Conversation w/ Luisa Martinez
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…
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Current Events #56: DICTATOR LASSO, PINOCHETISTAS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, US SUPREME COURT VS PUERTO RICO
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...
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Current Events #55: PARAGUAY ELECTION FINAL, TROUBLE IN ARGENTINA, RECAP OF ECUADOR CONVO
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...
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ECUADOR: Comrade Conversation w/ Julián Garrido
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…
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Current Events #54: PREVIEWING PARAGUAY & GUATEMALA ELECTIONS
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...
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Current Events #53: LASSO IMPEACHMENT, AMLO REFORMS, VIVA CHAVEZ
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...
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VENEZUELA: Comrade Conversation W/ José Luis Granados Ceja
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...
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CLIMATE DISASTER IN CHILE!: EMERGENCY COMRADE CONVO W/ DIEGO POLANCO
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...
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SAVING PUERTO RICO! EMERGENCY COMRADE CONVO W/ CARLOS BERRIOS POLANCO
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...
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Current Events #52: YEAR IN PREVIEW AND THE CELAC SUMMIT
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...
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STORMING OF BRASILIA!: EMERGENCY COMRADE CONVO W/ BRIAN MIER
In light of the Jan 8 events in Brasilia and the ongoing fall out we sit down with Brazil based journalist Brian Mier of BrasilWire and TelesurEnglish to break it all down and make sense of it all. We discuss Lula's electoral victory, societal conditions that lead to the coup attempt, the coup...
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CATASTROPHE IN PERU!: EMERGENCY COMRADE CONVO W/ FRANCESCA
In light of the evolving situation in Peru, we sit down with Peruvian comrade Francesca Emanuele to discuss the fall of Pedro Castillo. With incredible nuance, she breaks down the actions of the recalcitrant Right Wing congress, Castillo's ineffectiveness and incompetence, how Peru got here, and...
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Current Events #51: JORGE GLAS FREE IN ECUADOR, CENSUS BATTLE IN BOLIVIA, HAITIAN POGROMS
BUENAS MI GENTE! The full team is back with another current events episode. We begin by discussing the mandated prison release of Jorge Glas, the former VP of Ecuador who got swept up in the immensely consequential Odebrecht corruption scandal. We then move on to break down the recent RW fuckery…
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Current Events #50: LULA'S VICTORY AND PETRO & THE AREPA ACCORDS
BUENAS MI GENTE! We're back this week with a long awaited current events episode. We discuss and breakdown the ramifications of Lula's victory in Brazil, what it means not only for Brazil but for the region and the planet as a whole. We then move into and finish off with Gustavo Petro and a recap...
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BRAZIL ELECTION: Comrade Conversation w/ Comrade Fern
On the eve of the momentous election in Brazil, we sit down with one of our favorite people, veteran of the show, and beloved Brazilian comrade, Fern. Fern takes us through what the Bozonaro presidency has meant for Brazil and what a second term would bring. He goes through and breaks down the...
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Current Events #49: CHILE DEBRIEF, HAITI PROTESTS, ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATIN IN ARGENTINA
We're back with a Current Events episode this week! We start off with a bit of debrief of the unfortunate rejection of the Chilean draft constitution. We then talk about the latest wave of protests in Haiti in the age of Ariel Henry. We finish off trying to break down and make sense of the...
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Current Events #48: Chile Constitution Referendum
This week T and LeRoy, ahead of Sunday's referendum, discuss the resulting draft from Chile's long and arduous constitutional convention. We talk about the events that lead to this seemingly miraculous moment, from the 1973 coup to the early history of the 1980 Pinochet Constitution to the...
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Current Events #47: CUBA DISASTER, PETRO'S INAUGURATION, FBI RAID IN PUERTO RICO
THE WHOLE BAND IS TOGETHER FOR THIS LATEST CURRENT EVENTS! We kick things off by discussing the tragedy in Cuba, the most significant industrial natural disaster in its history. We pivot to President-elect Petro of Colombia's inauguration, early moves, and what early predictions for Colombia and...
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After Dark (kinda): FASCIST BABIES, RETAIL MANAGEMENT, AUSTRALIA, ALIENATION/RESONANCE
After a loooong unplanned (but almost expected) hiatus two of the three sit down together. Just LeRoy and T on this one, we decided to employ our more free form, After Dark format as we get back into the swing of things. We talk about abortion rights and the state of reaction in the US, what it's...
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Current Events #46: THE COLOMBIAN ELECTION
Buenas mi gente! This week we dive head first into the long awaited regionally consequential election in Colombia that has Miami seething! We do a mini deep dive into the violent 20th century history of Colombia that created the material conditions allowing for the historic victory for the Left…
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Current Events #45: AUSTRALIA ELECTION REVIEW, FINAL COLOMBIA PREDICTIONS, PUERTO RICO STATUS ACT
Back again, the whole team is together and joined by Australian comrade Rev. For the first half of this episode we talk with Rev about the massive election that just occurred in LeRoy's neck of the woods down under in so-called Australia. We break down the humiliation of the Australian Liberal...
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Current Events #44: W FOR AMLO, CHILE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, PRESIDENT FUCKBOY AT IT AGAIN
A semi quick turnaround for y'all for this jam packed current events! We start of in Mexico where AMLO dominated a recall vote as he pushes to nationalize Mexico's lithium. We then go to Chile where the Constitutional Convention is in the home stretch in their attempt to rewrite the decrepit...
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Current Events #43: MASSACRE IN COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA ELECTION, LIGHTS OUT IN PUERTO RICO
In a rare back to back, the team is back with another current events episode! We start off again in Colombia with a pre-Election state sanctioned massacre in a small Indigenous town under the pretext of rooting out terrorists. We then talk a bit about last week's election in Costa Rica and the...
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Current Events #42: PARADIGM SHIFT IN COLOMBIA?, PERU PERUING, ANTI-ABORTION BILL IN PUERTO RICO
After 47 years the whole team is together for this current events episode. We start off by discussing Petro, Francia Marquez, and the Left coalition Pacto Historico's march towards the impending election and what their victory would mean for the region. We then talk about Pedro Castillo's latest...
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Machete After Dark: THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE EPISODE w/ AREPA LIBRE
After a long unplanned break, the whole team is together with special guest, Arepa Libre, to discuss the only thing in the news at the moment: Putin's invasion of Ukraine. In our After Dark format, we analyze what lead to this moment, the global response, and what we think the end game could...
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Comrade Conversation w/ Alex Suarez
In a solo comrade conversation with only podcast MVP Austin G, we sit down with and are blown away by Florida based activist and comrade of Peruvian descent Alex Suarez! In this invaluable discussion, Alex shares with us a bit about his work as an activist across the state of Florida, including…
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Current Events #41: HONDURAS HONDURASING, BORIC PICKS HIS CABINET, PEOPLE'S WAR IN PUERTO RICO
First Current Events of the year and the whole team is together! We start off by discussing and trying to unpack the betrayal by 18 members of President-elect Xiomara Castro's LIBRE party and what this means for the region going forward. On a similar note, we then talk about Boric's cabinet picks...
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2021 REVIEW/2022 PREVIEW: Comrade Conversation W/ Matt K.
First episode of the year! The whole team is together and joined by official gringo ally, Matt K., to review the year just gone, from the Ecuador election to Boric's victory in Chile, and to also preview the consequential year ahead. We break down the evolving ramifications of 2021, touching on…
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CHILE: Comrade Conversation W/ Diego Polanco
In a T-less comrade conversation, Austin and LeRoy sit down with and are blown away by Chilean Economist and red-diaper baby Diego Polanco! In this invaluable discussion, Diego shares a bit about his family's inspiring involvement in the Chilean and Latin American Left, stretching back to even...
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Current Events #40: DEATH TO PINOCHET
Full team this week to chat about Sunday's historic election in Chile that saw former Student Organizer Gabriel Boric defeat Nazi progeny and Pinochet fanboy Jose Antonio Kast. We break down the results themselves but more importantly how Chile got here and where they (need to) go from here. We...
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Hot Girl Agenda x Machete y Mate: CHRISTMAS WITH COMRADES
In our current stage of capitalism very few things highlight our god-given blessing of democracy like the annual Spotify wrapped. Whomst among us will dare defy the invisible hand? In what will prove to be the hot girl dudes rockingest collab of the year, Hot Girl Agenda and Machete y Mate come...
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Current Events #39: RETURN TO PINOCHET?, VICTORY IN HONDURAS, BUILDING POWER IN VENEZUELA
Great news! All three homies are together this week. We start off by discussing the rollercoaster election in Chile pitting a Pinochet sycophant against a Leftist former student organizer in a rapidly approaching run-off election. We then break down the massive and surprisingly comfortable…
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Current Events #38: ELECTION SEASON, CUBAN PROTESTS?, DEBT PAYING SEASON IN PUERTO RICO
Just LeRoy and T bringing you the current events this week. We talk a bit about the impending elections in Latin America coming up very soon, including the one just passed in Nicaragua and the latest things to look out for. We discuss the unmaterialized US sponsored anti-government protests in…
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Fear of a white genocide w/ The Red Nation's Jen Marley and Nick Estes
Jen Marley (@JenMarley1680) and Nick Estes (@nickwestes) of The Red Nation (The_Red_Nation) welcomed previous Machete y Mate guest and compa oficial Blanca Estévez as well as our very own Austin González on to their podcast for a conversation on anti-imperialism in Latin America, racist 'left'...
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Current Events #37: DOMINICAN REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, HOPE FOR THE LEFT IN HONDURAS, MORE DISASTER CAPITALISM IN PR
The whole team is back this week for for your (ideally) weekly Latin America update. We start off talking about the struggle for reproductive rights in the face of the especially draconian laws in the Dominican Republic. Austin helps us work through and break down the ramifications of Salvador...
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