CodePink Activist Olivia DiNucci Disrupts D.C. Cuba Panel With 1-Minute Protest Video
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 15
CodePink Activist Olivia DiNucci Disrupts D.C. Cuba Panel With 1-Minute Protest Video
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 15
Summary
Olivia DiNucci, a D.C.-based CodePink organizer, interrupted a Sept. 8 panel at the Institute of World Politics by shouting and unfurling a banner reading “SANCTIONS KILL IN CUBA” before security removed her.
The protest targeted U.S. sanctions on Cuba and linked the issue to Gaza and ICE, while panelists Christine Balling and Michael Gonzalez said the disruption illustrated CodePink’s tactic of generating social-media-ready confrontations rather than debate.
CodePink amplified the incident within an hour, posting a 1-minute-35-second video on X and YouTube and later offering journalists “unbranded video footage” through a website press release listing DiNucci as media contact.
The episode comes ahead of a House hearing Tuesday on alleged foreign malign influence, where Rep. Bill Huizenga plans to examine whether activists, nonprofits and influencers advance the interests of adversarial states including Cuba, China and Iran.
Fox News Digital tied that broader scrutiny to earlier reporting on a network of 223 transactions totaling $591 million, including $1.33 million directed to CodePink between 2017 and 2025; the groups involved deny wrongdoing.