Excellent reporting. ICAP was the flagship Cuban network within the Soviet global active measures network.
— J Michael Waller (@JMichaelWaller) June 5, 2026
It integrated with all Soviet international front organizations. It also ran (and runs) the Venceremos Brigades.
If you’ve been reading our reporting at Digital, you will understand the significance of this news from that the State Department is sanctioning the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, known by its Spanish acronym, ICAP, and others.
Here is what you need to know:
ICAP is run by a former Cuban intelligence officer.
ICAP worked with pro-Marxist U.S. nonprofits -- Progressive International, People's Forum and CodePink -- to bring Marxist influencer Hasan Piker to Cuba in March for the convoy trip that is now under federal scrutiny.
ICAP also works with other Marxist US groups, including ANSWER Coalition, BreakThrough News, Party for Socialism and Liberation
CodePink, People's Forum, BreakThrough News, Tricontinental, ANSWER Coalition and Party for Socialism and Liberation are part of a wide pro-Marxist network that is funded and supported by China-based Marxist tycoon Neville Roy Singham, who is married to Jodie Evans, CodePink's co-founder
Did you notice a common adjective? Marxist.
The communist and Marxist influence on U.S. organizations -- pro-China and pro-Cuba -- on America's streets has stoked chaos and discord in the United States
Rubio is saying: no more.
This action won't curb Marxist influence, which is now homegrown, but it sends a very strong signal that Rubio has his eyes very much on malign Marxist influence.
Singham supports the Chinese Communist Party and the Communist Party of Cuba.
Lawmakers and feds are investigating Singham’s influence in building this nexus between US orgs and communist orgs like the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples.
