State Department Report Alleges Cuba Runs Spy Network Within U.S. Government

The U.S. State Department unveiled a comprehensive 100-page report Monday detailing allegations that the Cuban government has deployed intelligence operatives to penetrate senior federal positions and bankroll leftist extremist movements across the nation. The findings undergird President Donald Trump’s decisions to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism in 2021 and again in 2025, measures that have triggered economic sanctions against the island nation.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio characterized Cuba’s decades-long campaign as part of a broader strategy to advance radical leftist ideologies globally. “For more than six decades, the Cuban regime has been the leading sponsor of radical leftism and Third Worldism in the United States,” Rubio stated in a social media post. The State Department’s investigation aims to expose what officials describe as an extensive history of Cuban espionage and subversive activities on American soil.

According to the report, Cuban communist operatives have coordinated with extremist organizations worldwide while deliberately cultivating anti-American sentiment within the United States. The document alleges that Havana has exercised outsized influence over prominent American radical movements designed to destabilize the nation from within.

The report identifies Cuba’s Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (ICAP) as a state intelligence apparatus operating from Havana, connected to over 2,000 international “solidarity groups” that advance Cuban regime interests. U.S. Representative Carlos A. Giménez underscored the threat assessment, cautioning against underestimating Havana’s capacity to undermine American interests.

Cuban authorities have allegedly recruited American university students at prestigious institutions and groomed them as intelligence assets positioned to infiltrate government agencies. The report cites former U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia Victor Manuel Rocha, who confessed to serving as a Cuban agent for more than four decades, and former FBI analyst Ana Montes, who admitted to transmitting classified U.S. intelligence to Cuba.