Venceremos Brigade

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the mayor of Los Angeles, was in the Venceremos Brigades when she was a, a, you know, a college kid.

Oh.

Um, the Venceremos Brigades were essentially this program that Cuba brought in a bunch of, um, young American leftists, gave them ideological training, and then sent them back to the United States essentially as Cuban assets.

And it, this is like w- you know, think of it as, you know, either joining the mafia or doing a deal with the devil.

Once you're in that, you don't get to go away from.

Lot's changed.

That same year, Karen joined the Vince, uh, uh, uh, Venceremos, la- la- la, Venceremos Brigade.

Sure.

A group that organized trips for American leftists to travel to Cuba.

Furthermore, Trump alluded to in that UN speech, the State Department report says that Cuban intelligence has been cultivating relationships with many American organizations.

Quote, the Venceremos Brigade, described in one Senate report as among the most extensive and dangerous infiltration operations ever undertaken by a foreign power against the United States, has brought some 10,000 American activists to Cuba since its first contingent in 1969.

Now, to give you both sides, Cuba frames their campaign as a fight against American imperialism, American colonialism, and against racial oppression.

And they capture the hearts and minds of those who are already on American soil using left-wing protest movements inside the U.S. to leverage political dissent.