Source: Fox News
Summary
The Treasury Department is investigating Marxist streamer Hasan Piker for potentially breaking laws related to doing business with Cuba’s communist regime. This probe is part of a wider federal inquiry into a possible Cuban influence operation in the US, led by a senior diplomat. The investigation involves the Justice, State, and Treasury departments and is examining the relationship between US-based activists and the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples. The probe is also looking into the activities of pro-communist Cuba network, which includes 145 organizations with $1 billion in collective annual revenues.
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As expected, the matter has reached another stage.
The federal investigation into the Cuban influence operation has led to a wider probe into the activities of pro-communist Cuba network. The network includes 145 organizations with $1 billion in collective annual revenues, spanning labor unions, university groups, anti-war coalitions, socialist organizations, racial justice nonprofits, legal advocacy groups, and religious organizations. The network is led by a number of groups, including the People’s Forum, CodePink, BreakThrough News, Tricontinental Ltd., ANSWER Coalition, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and Inter Religious Foundation For Community Organization Inc.
The investigation is examining the relationship between US-based activists and the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, which is understood to be a gateway for revolutionaries from around the world to get embedded in the propaganda, organizing tactics, and strategic goals of the Communist Party of Cuba.
The probe is also looking into the activities of David Ramírez Álvarez, second secretary at the Embassy of Cuba, who has drawn the attention of US officials for allegedly coordinating a malign foreign influence campaign in the US.
The investigation is part of a long historical relationship between far-left groups and Cuba’s government, including its intelligence agency.
It seems that the boundaries between activism and foreign influence have become increasingly blurred.
