The US State Department has released a report alleging that Cuba has spent decades building a covert network in the United States through espionage and ideological influence. According to the report, Cuba’s campaign reached far beyond traditional espionage, with the communist government cultivating American activists, recruiting spies, and building relationships with universities and advocacy groups.

Cuba’s Influence Efforts

The report claims that Cuba’s intelligence service infiltrated the top levels of the US government, including the State Department, the National Security Council, and the Pentagon. It also alleges that Havana spent decades cultivating ties to American revolutionary and activist groups, including the Weather Underground, the Black Panthers, and Antifa.

The report points to several high-profile espionage cases, including convicted spies Victor Manuel Rocha, Ana Belén Montes, and Walter Kendall Myers. It also cites former CIA counterintelligence chief James Olson, who warned that the Cubans have penetrated the US government and that we only know the tip of the iceberg.

University Ties

The report suggests that Cuba viewed American colleges and universities as recruiting grounds, identifying politically sympathetic students who could later move into influential jobs in government or the private sector. It claims that partnerships between the University of Havana and dozens of US universities are examples of Cuba’s long-term influence efforts.

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