Machete y Mate

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 Socialism. To get involved check them out on twitter and youtube @21CSocialism and check out their Programa de Lucha.

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 border. He helps us break down just how popular President Claudia Sheinbaum is and how her responses to Trump have been received in Mexico. We talk specifics regarding migratory policy in Mexico under AMLO and now under Sheinbaum as well as the potential effects of the designation of Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. We also find the time to touch upon a few different topics around Latin America as the effects of the Donald Trump presidency covers the entire region. Thank you for listening and lastly, if you support our mission in providing reliable English-language analysis on Latin American affairs consider showing your solidarity at Patreon.com/macheteymate.

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 elections in Puerto Rico were conducted and how La Alianza can learn from this experience moving forward. If you want to follow more of Jeremy and his work you can find him on social media @jeremyrtorres.

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 outcomes may look like. If you support what we do in providing English-language content on Puerto Rican and Latin American politics subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/macheteymate.

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. Austin and Luisa go back and forth on some of the particulars of Venezuelan society, what it all means for socialists in the United States, as well as what brought us to this point and what we can look forward to in the future. You can find more of Luisa and her work on her twitter @LuisaKnuckles. If you support our mission in providing reliable English-language analysis on Latin American affairs consider showing your solidarity at Patreon.com/macheteymate.