The Media and Resources Committee of the United States House of Representatives issued subpoenas against three leftist organizations with documented ties to the Cuban regime: The People's Forum, BreakThrough News, and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, according to a report from Fox News cited by Martí Noticias.
The committee, chaired by the Republican Jason Smith (Missouri), is investigating whether these non-profit organizations operate as tools of foreign influence linked to the Chinese Communist Party, and if the more than 39 million dollars they reportedly received from tech entrepreneur Neville Roy Singham were funneled to conceal their true origin, the source indicates.
According to the analysis of tax records and transactions cited by Fox News, Singham is said to have distributed approximately 22.4 million dollars to The People's Forum, 16.8 million to Tricontinental, and nearly 1.1 million to Breakthrough BT Media Inc., the parent company of BreakThrough News, as reported by Martí Noticias.
The committee argues that these funds were funneled through shell companies and donor-advised funds, with the aim of concealing the true source of the contributions.
Singham, a 72-year-old American born in Connecticut, sold his software company ThoughtWorks for approximately 785 million dollars in 2017 and currently resides in Shanghai. He is married to Jodie Evans, co-founder of the organization CodePink. Previous investigations by the New York Times and other media outlets had already uncovered his connections to entities linked to the Chinese Communist Party and his cooperation with propaganda agencies in that country, the outlet expands.
All required documentation —foreign funding records, international contracts, communications with Singham, donors of more than $5,000, and grants from abroad— must be submitted by August 7. Smith accused organizations of distorting the scope and purpose of the committee's oversight, and stressed, "The American people deserve to know if the CCP has exploited the U.S. tax-exempt sector to advance its agenda," the report states.
The three organizations rejected the subpoenas, arguing that they violate the First Amendment, lack a valid legislative purpose, and improperly invoke the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The People's Forum, based in Manhattan and led by Manolo De Los Santos, described the measure as a "blatant political attack on freedom of expression" and a "witch hunt that revives the ghost of Joe McCarthy."
De Los Santos has traveled to Cuba multiple times and has met with Miguel Díaz-Canel. From the Forum, he organized and sponsored the Let Cuba Live Youth Brigade and Venceremos Brigade, as well as the propaganda campaign "Let Cuba Live / End the Blockade," in close collaboration with the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), the official body of the Cuban regime sanctioned in June by the United States.
BreakThrough News, the outlet that produced "Cuba After Castro," an interview with Díaz-Canel, denounced a "flagrant abuse of power and a direct assault" on the First Amendment, asserting that it does not receive funds from foreign governments or institutions. Meanwhile, Tricontinental —whose executive director, Vijay Prashad, is a regular advocate for the Cuban Revolution— also rejected the requests. The group positions itself as the continuation of the legacy of the Tricontinental Conference held in January 1966 in Havana, organized by Fidel Castro, and produces materials that promote what is called Cuban "internationalism."
The subpoenas are part of a broader offensive by Congress and the Trump administration against organizations with alleged ties to foreign governments. The Department of Justice and the Treasury are investigating over 145 pro-Cuba organizations with combined annual revenues of around 1 billion dollars for potential violations of the FARA. Since January 2026, the United States has imposed more than 240 sanctions related to Cuba, and the State Department announced in July the release of a report on the alleged ties of the Cuban regime with the radical left operating on U.S. soil.
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