Rubio sanctions Cuban groups with ties to US nonprofit network funded by communist donor Neville Roy Singham
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...
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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 AGITPROP 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 targeting the network that enables and funds Cuba's subversive and radical operations," Rubio said. The groups working closely with ICAP include the People's Forum, CodePink, BreakThrough News and Tricontinental, funde…