Karen Bass and Cuba's Venceremos Brigade: Controversial history resurfaces amid criticism over L.A. Fire Dept. cuts

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Posted on 01/15/2025 2:49:29 AM PST by Eleutheria5

recent overseas trip to Ghana, and budget cuts that hampered the city's fire department from doing its job amid the ongoing citywide blaze. The mayor’s poorly timed foreign travel has raised questions about her priorities and similar past trips.

One of the most interesting chapters of Bass’ political career and international travel involves her past excursions to communist Cuba. The former U.S. congresswoman turned metropolitan mayor played a significant role with the Venceremos Brigade —a group linked to Cuba's communist regime.

History of the Venceremos Brigade The Venceremos Brigade, founded in 1969, is a U.S.-based organization that has facilitated trips for Americans to Cuba in defiance of U.S. travel restrictions. The group was formed by young activists in solidarity with the Marxist-Leninst Cuban Revolution, aiming to challenge U.S. policies toward Cuba, including economic sanctions—referred to as the “blockade” in alignment with Fidel Castro’s rhetoric—and travel bans.

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This begs the question, were the fires set deliberately as a Venceremos or related terror action? And was she out of the country for plausible deniability?

1 posted on 01/15/2025 2:49:29 AM PST by Eleutheria5

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2 posted on 01/15/2025 2:50:25 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need ofand there we a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )

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