The spokesperson for the State Department, Tommy Pigott, stated this Monday that many leftist groups connected to the Cuban regime proudly display that relationship, and that much of the evidence collected in the official report comes from the statements and public declarations of those organizations themselves.
"Many of these groups are astonishingly proud of their association with the Cuban regime. Much of what is cited in this report comes from their own press releases, their own statements. They are astonishingly proud of it," declared Pigott to the press.
The statements are made in the context of the report "Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism", a document of approximately 100 pages presented on July 20 by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which accuses the Havana regime of having supported radical left movements both inside and outside the United States for decades.
Pigott described Cuba as the "nexus and node" of transnational leftist extremism and noted that Havana has brought tens of thousands of far-left activists to the island over the decades through what he referred to as "revolutionary tourism."
"Havana has brought in tens of thousands of leftist extremists over the decades, engaging in what they call revolutionary tourism, which shows that the Cuban regime acts as that link and hub for so many far-left groups," stated the spokesperson.
The report explicitly mentions organizations such as Code Pink, The People's Forum, BreakThrough News, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Antifa, and the National Lawyers Guild, among others.
Pigott also linked these revelations to the Ministerial Conference on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, held on July 16 at the Department of State with delegates from over 60 countries.
In that forum, Rubio argued that extreme left political terrorism is responsible for more plots and anti-government attacks in the United States than any other ideology.
"Extreme left political terrorism is now on par with jihadist terrorism in terms of attacks in Europe," warned Pigott, who emphasized that Washington takes the matter "very seriously."
The State Department has already designated four violent far-left groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists, with more designations under review.
The Cuban regime rejected the report, labeling it a "slanderous pamphlet" and denounced a "neo-McCarthyism" from Washington. Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla led the official response, denying allegations of support for extremist groups.
The reaction of some international leftist figures, such as the Spanish Pablo Iglesias, who boasted about appearing in the report, reinforced precisely Pigott's central argument: that those groups do not hide, but rather celebrate, their closeness to Havana.
"We are taking this seriously and we are transparently describing to the American people, in this report, the exact links we are observing," concluded the spokesperson.
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