Secretary of State Marco Rubio put U.S.organizations on notice: they can no longer do business with a key Cuban organization that has spent over six decades since the launch of Fidel Castro's communist revolution in 1959, cultivating relationships with U.S.
activists and groups, many of them now funded by communist American tycoon Neville Roy Singham.The sanctions target the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, known by its Spanish acronym ICAP, an organization founded by Castro in 1960 to spread Marxist ideology and support for Cuba.Long ago, U.S.
officials and intelligence assessments concluded ICAP is a key component of Cuba's intelligence apparatus."For decades, Cuba has been the world capital for radical left-wing terrorism," Rubio said."The regime in Havana has recruited, trained and backed violent Marxist and third-worldist movements across our hemisphere and beyond."REVOLUTIONARY TOURISM: INSIDE THE $600M MARRIAGE OF DARK MONEY AND FAR-LEFT AGITPROPMarco Rubio moves to put sanctions on a group that Fidel Castro established in 1960 to spread Cuba's communist influence in the world.
(Sven Creutzmann/Mambo Photography/Getty Images; Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)Earlier this year, ICAP worked with U.S.nonprofits, including the People's Forum, Progressive International and CodePink — to organize a March "convoy" that included controversial Marxist streamer Hasan Piker landing in Cuba to support Cuba's communist party.The trip has since attracted federal scrutiny, with CodePink cofounder Medea Benjamin confirming she received questions from federal officials about the trip, investigating whether she violated sanctions.Late last month, Fox News Digital published a three-part series, reporting that federal investigators are examining Cuba's alleged malign foreign influence operation in the U.S., investigating a network of 145 groups with collective revenues of about $1 billion, promoting Cuba's agenda and communist ideology."Today, we are t...