From our Bureau of Obvious Facts Constantly Ignored or Denied by Billions of People with some assistance from our Left-Leaning Ivory Tower of Academia Bureau
Of course, this is not shocking at all. Only the usual suspects could be shocked by this revelation. Fortunately, Maria Werlau at Cuba Archive has now made it impossible for anyone to claim ignorance. She has done a magnificent job of collecting detailed information and exposing irrefutable facts. Now, no one will have an excuse for denying the obvious facts she has uncovered.
Planting spies everywhere is one of Castro, Inc.’s highest priorities. And within that priority, developing a spy-and-influence-peddler network in academia is at the top of the list. For a summary of Werlau’s findings, read article below. For the full report click HERE.
Loosely translated from ADN Cuba
A Report by Cuba Archive highlights how the Cuban regime has developed an espionage network in the U.S., with a particular focus on academia, aiming for its agents to gather information and influence various spheres of American society.
The report mentions specific cases of individuals recruited by Cuba while they were university students in the United States, such as Walter Kendall Myers, Ana Belén Montes, and Marta Rita Velázquez, who were recruited during their time at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. These individuals, along with Víctor Manuel Rocha, were influenced by the radical politics of their university years, which facilitated their recruitment by Cuban intelligence.
The Directorate of Intelligence (DI) of the Cuban Ministry of Interior penetrates select U.S. universities, including Ivy League institutions such as Yale and Georgetown, as well as universities with a large Cuban diaspora, like the University of Miami. According to the report, the DI accumulates files on each university with information about professors, contacts, relationships, and thousands of students who might eventually hold positions of power in the government.
Cuba also uses its embassies and diplomatic missions as intelligence operation centers, leveraging its extensive diplomatic presence to recruit agents in academic institutions and other sectors. For instance, the Cuban mission at the UN in New York has a disproportionately high number of diplomats, many of whom are actually intelligence officers.
In addition to direct recruitment, Cuban intelligence also relies on an extensive network of international solidarity and friendship associations, which include 1,649 organizations in 150 countries and 109 Parliamentary Friendship Groups across five continents. These organizations, according to the report, are used to influence foreign policy and promote the interests of the Cuban regime.
The latest case highlighting the Cuban espionage network is that of former U.S. diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for acting as a covert agent for Cuba.
Former DI officers Enrique García, José Cohen, and Orlando Brito, who defected at different times, warn that Rocha is just the tip of the iceberg. According to their testimony, Cuba has a large number of agents in various countries, posing a serious and persistent threat to the security of the United States and other democracies.
The Archivo Cuba report, based on data provided by Cuban defectors, details that around 362 Cuban intelligence officers are exclusively dedicated to operations in the United States. These officers manage approximately 4,657 intelligence relationships, of which about 60% (2,506) correspond to agents who clandestinely provide information. The remaining 40% (1,370) are “trusted” or “useful” connections publicly managed by intelligence officers masquerading as diplomats, journalists, academics, businesspeople, and others.
In addition to these relationships, the report suggests that Cuba might have over 500 “illegals” in the United States. These “illegals” are highly trained intelligence officers who operate long-term under false or stolen identities from other nationalities.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, it is estimated that 125 DI officers manage at least 1,625 intelligence relationships.
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FIU (in Miami) will pore over every word of this and take immediate action. Or not.