“No Longer Tolerate Radical Marxists”: Rubio Sanctions Revolutionary Cuban Influence Network Tied To U.S. Left-Wing NGOs
“The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate radical Marxist regimes in our hemisphere…”
FRI JUN 5, AT 7:40
BY TYLER DURDEN
FRIDAY, JUN 05, 2026 – 07:40 PM
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions late Thursday targeting the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, or ICAP, a Castro-era organization used to spread Marxist ideology abroad.
“For decades, Cuba has been the world capital for radical left-wing terrorism. The regime in Havana has recruited, trained, and backed violent Marxist and third-worldist movements across our hemisphere and beyond,” Rubio wrote on X.
Rubio continued, “Today, we are targeting the network that enables and funds Cuba’s subversive and radical operations.”
He said that he is using President Trump’s Cuba executive-order sanctions authority to put ICAP and others on the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list, or SDN list.
Those Cuban entities include:
- Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba (MINFAR)
- Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP)
- Amistur Cuba S.A.
- Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR)
- Minera La Victoria S.A.
What does this mean:
- Freezes any U.S.-linked assets of those entities.
- Bars U.S. persons, companies, banks, nonprofits, and organizations from doing business with them, unless licensed by OFAC.
- Raises sanctions risk for foreign firms and banks that continue transacting with them, especially if the entities are tied to Cuba’s military, intelligence, tourism, mining, or political-control apparatus.
Rubio continued, “The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate radical Marxist regimes in our hemisphere seeking to threaten U.S. national security and engage in influence operations to export their poisonous and evil ‘revolution’ to our country and around the world.”
For decades, Cuba has been the world capital for radical left-wing terrorism. The regime in Havana has recruited, trained and backed violent Marxist and third-worldist movements across our hemisphere and beyond. Today, we are targeting the network that enables and funds Cuba’s…
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) June 4, 2026