BLM Condemns the US Government’s ‘Inhumane Treatment of Cubans’

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is speaking out in support of the people of 🇨🇺Cuba, while condemning what it says is the United States federal government’s “inhumane treatment” of the residents of the island nation.

In a lengthy statement posted on Instagram on Wednesday, the organization wrote, “Black Lives Matter condemns the U.S. federal government’s inhumane treatment of Cubans, and urges it to immediately lift the economic embargo.”

“This cruel and inhumane policy, instituted with the explicit intention of destabilizing the country and undermining Cubans’ right to choose their own government, is at the heart of 🇨🇺Cuba’s current crisis,” the statement added. “Since 1962, the United States has forced pain and suffering on the people of 🇨🇺Cuba by cutting off food, medicine and supplies, costing the tiny island nation an estimated $130 billion.”

It continued:

“The people of 🇨🇺Cuba are being punished by the U.S. government because the country has maintained its commitment to sovereignty and self-determination. United States leaders have tried to crush this Revolution for decades. Instead of international amity, respect, and goodwill, the U.S. government has only instigated suffering for the country’s 11 million people — of which 4 million are Black and brown.”