Unpacking rumors about LA Mayor Karen Bass' ties to Cuba and communism
In 2025, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' past — particularly her alleged ties to Cuba, communism and former Cuban leader Fidel Castro — came under scrutiny on social media.
Bass has visited Cuba multiple times, including one trip with a group known as the Venceremos Brigade in 1973. She also visited the country at least several times while a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
In a 2020 interview with The Atlantic, Bass spoke further about her first trip to Cuba and reportedly said she understood that Castro's Cuba wasn't a "utopia." She told the magazine, "I didn't have any illusions that the people in Cuba had the same freedoms I did. I came home and was protesting everything; I knew that the Cuban people didn't have the ability to do that."
Bass faced scrutiny over a statement she released when Castro died in November 2016 referring to him as "Comandante en Jefe," a phrase Castro's government used to praise him. She later distanced herself from those comments about Castro.
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