Matt Peppe

Matt Peppe holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at SUNY Albany and a bachelor’s degree in English and American Literature from NYU. His writing about U.S. foreign policy and Latin America has appeared in Countercurrents, La Respuesta Magazine and other outlets. You can read his blog or follow him on twitter.

Analysis: The Six Jesuit Scholars And The American War On Self-Determination

Twenty five years ago this week six Jesuit scholars were murdered by a CIA trained death squad. This is their story.

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By Matt Peppe
Almudena Bernabeu

Twenty five years ago this week, six Jesuit scholars at the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) in El Salvador opened the doors of their residence to members of a government death squad, who had been armed and trained by the United States. The soldiers marched the priests to the back garden. They were ordered to lie face down. They were shot and

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Death, Taxes And The Cuban Blockade

It is not just the rest of the world that is against the Cuban blockade. A majority of Americans – even a majority of Cuban Americans – favor lifting the blockade and normalizing relations with Cuba.

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By Matt Peppe
Cuba UN Embargo

The famous expression about the only things that will happen with absolute certainty, death and taxes, is actually missing one: the annual vote in which 99% of the world's nations declare that the blockade against Cuba is illegal and must end. Yesterday, for the 23rd straight year, the United Nations General Assembly voted to end the U.S. blockade

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Obama’s Fraudulent Response To The MH17 Tragedy

Immediately following this horrible tragedy, Obama and his Washington establishment jumped at the opportunity to exploit the loss of life by further demonizing Putin and escalating confrontation with Russia.

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By Matt Peppe
Barack Obama

There is a term for deliberately misleading someone in order to cause him harm. In common law, it is called fraud. In international relations, it is called American foreign policy. The latest example concerns the Malaysia Airways plane that was shot down while flying above disputed territory in Ukraine on last week, killing all 298 people aboard.

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America’s Destabiliziation Of Latin America

ZunZuneo and the U.S. Policy.

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By Matt Peppe

News from the AP about the U.S. government’s secret project to create a Cuban Twitter or “ZunZuneo,” to be used for disseminating propaganda and fomenting unrest in Cuba, spurring young people in that country to overthrow their government, comes as no surprise to anyone with even the most cursory understanding of U.S. policy in Cuba and Latin

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