Black Lives Matter (BLM) released a statement late Wednesday night blaming the U.S. for the ongoing crisis in Cuba and expressing solidarity with Cuba.

“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 organization wrote in a statement. “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.”

BLM then blamed embargoes for Cuba’s medical supply and food shortages, claiming the difficulties associated with the embargo come “in spite of the country’s strong medical care and history of lending doctors and nurses to disasters around the world.”