machetero

pedro taino a puerto rican terrorist quote on quote locked up behind bars in a u.s. prison pedro is a self-described machetero a warrior class of puerto rican freedom fighter fighting to free a colonized puerto rico from a place we are united against the states though many question his decision to use violence to achieve the freedom he breaks down redemption freedom independence madre always told him puerto rico is in your heart one must struggle in order to take freedom, liberation and independence a ghetto youth grows up trapped in a cycle of violence he is encouraged by pedro and by his memories of a mentor from his childhood days in puerto rico who was a former U.S. held puerto rican political prisoner of war to become the next machetero machetero is a meditation on violence as a means towards liberation post 9/11 definitions, ideas, and notions of terrorism has been explored and challenged it was said violence is not always the answer violence is the remedy that conquers bullies in a nation that i salute to? never