Black Lives Matter issued a statement after Cubans took to the streets to call for political change amid the nation's worst economic crisis in decades.
condemns the U.S. federal government's inhumane treatment of Cubans, and urges it to immediately lift the economic embargo."
That loss has made it"harder for Cuba to acquire medical equipment needed to develop its own COVID-19 vaccines and equipment for food production," BLM continued. BLM's statement continues by saying the Cuban people are"being punished" by the U.S. government because the nation has maintained its commitment to"sovereignty and self-determination."
Cuba has"historically demonstrated solidarity with oppressed peoples of African descent," BLM added."Now we look to President Biden to end the embargo, something President Barack Obama called for in 2016. This embargo is a blatant human rights violation and it must come to an end."
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