In March 2026, Communist “solidarity caravans” – including U.S.-based CODEPINK and "Hands Off Cuba" – delivered over 20 tons of aid, including over $400,000 worth of medical supplies and $500,000 in solar energy equipment to Havana to assist Cuba’s Communist government in evading U.S. energy sector sanctions and weathering the termination of Venezuelan subsidized oil deliveries.
The flotilla, later called the “Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba,” is promoted by the Progressive International, a movement that emerged in 2020 to unite left-wing sectors around the world. Its Advisory Council includes Mariela Castro, a deputy in the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP) and daughter of Raul Castro. A member of the Cuban political apparatus—director of the National Center for Sex Education (Cenesex)—is therefore part of the strategic leadership of Cuba’s Communist government and the organizing body of the flotilla.
In addition to Code Pink and Hands Off Cuba, among the organizations identified by The Havana Times as promoting the convoy to Cuba is The People’s Forum, based in New York, a group that has maintained a public and constant relationship with the Cuban government. Along with Code Pink, the organization is primarily funded by Communist China-based multimillionaire tech entrepreneur Neville Roy Singham, who has been associated with funding pro-Palestinian protests and promoting Marxist ideologies.
The organization has not only promoted campaigns against US sanctions but has also coordinated actions aligned with Havana’s state narrative—from projecting slogans such as “Let Cuba Live” after the anti-government protests of July 11, 2021, to amplifying—without clarifying their advertising nature—paid advertisements in The New York Times that were later highlighted by Cuban state media as if they were editorial content from the US newspaper.
Now, President Trump has issued an Executive Order intended to put a stop to these attempts to evade sanctions on Cuba’s repressive Communist regime.
On May 1, 2026 the President issued the order which added several new types of “sanctionable conduct” to the list of activities prohibited to US persons and organizations:
The provisions of this Executive Order are long overdue and put Communist operatives, such as Code Pink-The People’s Forum funder Neville Roy Singham, Code Pink founders Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans (Singh’s wife), Gael Murphy, and The People’s Forum founder and Executive Director Manolo De Los Santos, and Far-Left “influencer” Hasan Piker deservedly in the Administration’s sights for sanctions violations charges.
The flotilla, later called the “Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba,” is promoted by the Progressive International, a movement that emerged in 2020 to unite left-wing sectors around the world. Its Advisory Council includes Mariela Castro, a deputy in the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP) and daughter of Raul Castro. A member of the Cuban political apparatus—director of the National Center for Sex Education (Cenesex)—is therefore part of the strategic leadership of Cuba’s Communist government and the organizing body of the flotilla.
In addition to Code Pink and Hands Off Cuba, among the organizations identified by The Havana Times as promoting the convoy to Cuba is The People’s Forum, based in New York, a group that has maintained a public and constant relationship with the Cuban government. Along with Code Pink, the organization is primarily funded by Communist China-based multimillionaire tech entrepreneur Neville Roy Singham, who has been associated with funding pro-Palestinian protests and promoting Marxist ideologies.
The organization has not only promoted campaigns against US sanctions but has also coordinated actions aligned with Havana’s state narrative—from projecting slogans such as “Let Cuba Live” after the anti-government protests of July 11, 2021, to amplifying—without clarifying their advertising nature—paid advertisements in The New York Times that were later highlighted by Cuban state media as if they were editorial content from the US newspaper.
Now, President Trump has issued an Executive Order intended to put a stop to these attempts to evade sanctions on Cuba’s repressive Communist regime.
On May 1, 2026 the President issued the order which added several new types of “sanctionable conduct” to the list of activities prohibited to US persons and organizations:
(c) Except to the extent required by section 203(b) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)), or provided in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that are issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order:
(i) any transaction or dealing by United States persons or within the United States in property or interests in property blocked pursuant to this order is prohibited, including but not limited to the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods, or services to or for the benefit of those persons whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order;
(ii) any transaction by any United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited; and
(iii) any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(d) I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by United States persons to persons determined to be subject to subsection (a) of this section would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14380, and I hereby prohibit such donations.
(e) For those persons determined to be subject to subsection (a) of this section who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that, because of the ability to transfer funds or assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render these measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that, for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14380, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(i) any transaction or dealing by United States persons or within the United States in property or interests in property blocked pursuant to this order is prohibited, including but not limited to the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods, or services to or for the benefit of those persons whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order;
(ii) any transaction by any United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited; and
(iii) any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(d) I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by United States persons to persons determined to be subject to subsection (a) of this section would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14380, and I hereby prohibit such donations.
(e) For those persons determined to be subject to subsection (a) of this section who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that, because of the ability to transfer funds or assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render these measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that, for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14380, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
The provisions of this Executive Order are long overdue and put Communist operatives, such as Code Pink-The People’s Forum funder Neville Roy Singham, Code Pink founders Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans (Singh’s wife), Gael Murphy, and The People’s Forum founder and Executive Director Manolo De Los Santos, and Far-Left “influencer” Hasan Piker deservedly in the Administration’s sights for sanctions violations charges.
