Cuban Regime Accused of Supporting Sophisticated Terror Networks

This past Friday, State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott stated on EWTN's "The World Over," hosted by Raymond Arroyo, that the Cuban government is backing highly sophisticated transnational terrorist networks.

The interview followed the recent release of a detailed 100-page State Department report titled "Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism." This document compiles nearly seventy years of accusations regarding Havana's involvement in espionage, ideological subversion, and the export of political violence.

Global Terrorism Threats Linked to Cuba

Pigott elaborated on the complex web of covert operations that cross national boundaries: "We are seeing sophisticated transnational networks supported by the Cuban regime and other actors, capable of planning in one country, recruiting in another, securing funding from a third, and executing attacks in a fourth."

He contextualized this warning within the global resurgence of left-wing terrorism, providing concrete data on its reach. In the United States, he noted, "left-wing antigovernment plots and attacks account for more incidents than any other ideological group."

Comparative Analysis of Terror Activities

Pigott also addressed concerns about Europe, highlighting that left-wing terrorist attacks are "comparable in number to jihadist terrorism incidents."

Raymond Arroyo set the stage for the discussion by playing comments from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio delivered these remarks during the Ministerial Conference on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, which was attended by delegations from over 60 nations.

Decades of Ideological Infiltration

In his speech, Rubio directly accused the Cuban regime of orchestrating decades-long ideological infiltration: "The extensive intelligence and ideological influence network of the Cuban regime helped build the extreme left in our country and hemisphere, and remains closely tied to left-wing groups and movements in the West and beyond."

Pigott emphasized that both the ministerial conference and the report address the same urgent issue: "Such a transnational terrorist network demands a transnational response. That's why this ministerial meeting was held at the State Department and why this report is crucial—because it highlights the influence of the Cuban regime and the actions it has been undertaking."

EWTN was strategically chosen as the platform to convey the State Department's message due to its global reach and its conservative audience, which is receptive to anti-communist discourse. "The World Over" is one of the network's most-watched programs.