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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new sanctions against a prominent Cuban organization with longstanding ties to American activist groups, continuing the Trump administration\u2019s effort to confront a decades-old communist influence network operating inside the United States.<\/p>\n

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The sanctions target the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, known as ICAP, an organization founded by Fidel Castro in 1960 to promote support for Cuba\u2019s communist revolution and cultivate relationships with political activists around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor decades, Cuba has been the world capital for radical left-wing terrorism,\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe regime in Havana has recruited, trained and backed violent Marxist and third-worldist movements across our hemisphere and beyond,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Officials have long viewed ICAP as a key component of Cuba\u2019s intelligence and influence apparatus. A declassified CIA report identified the organization as one of the Cuban government\u2019s primary tools for cultivating sympathetic political movements abroad and expanding Havana\u2019s influence beyond the island.<\/p>\n

The sanctions come amid growing scrutiny of a network of American activist organizations that have worked closely with ICAP and received substantial financial backing from Neville Roy Singham, a Marxist technology entrepreneur living in Shanghai.<\/p>\n

According to reports, Singham has directed approximately $285 million since 2017 to nonprofit organizations that maintain close relationships with Cuba\u2019s communist government and ICAP.<\/p>\n

Among the groups identified as working with ICAP are the People\u2019s Forum, CodePink, BreakThrough News and Tricontinental.<\/p>\n

Rubio said the administration is focused not only on the Cuban government itself but also on organizations that help facilitate and expand its influence.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we are targeting the network that enables and funds Cuba\u2019s subversive and radical operations,\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, ICAP worked with several U.S. nonprofits to organize a March convoy to Cuba that included political streamer Hasan Piker. The trip was intended to demonstrate support for Cuba\u2019s Communist Party.<\/p>\n

The excursion has since attracted federal attention. CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin confirmed she received inquiries from federal officials investigating whether sanctions laws may have been violated.<\/p>\n

Federal investigators are also examining a network of approximately 145 organizations with combined revenues of roughly $1 billion that allegedly promote Cuba\u2019s political agenda and communist ideology in the United States.<\/p>\n

ICAP is currently led by Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez Llort, one of the so-called \u201cCuban Five,\u201d a group of former Cuban intelligence officers convicted in the United States on espionage-related charges before later being released.<\/p>\n

The sanctions designate ICAP as one of five Cuban entities now barred under authorities established by President Donald Trump\u2019s Cuba executive order.<\/p>\n

The other sanctioned entities include Cuba\u2019s Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, Minera La Victoria S.A., and the state-run tourism company Amistur Cuba S.A.<\/p>\n

Amistur has reportedly coordinated travel to Cuba for U.S.-based organizations connected to Singham\u2019s network.<\/p>\n

The Cuban government condemned Rubio\u2019s actions shortly after the sanctions were announced.<\/p>\n

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