Cuban Artist Blasts BLM: ‘All Black Lives Matter, Except Cuban Black Lives’

Cuban Artist Blasts BLM: ‘All Black Lives Matter, Except Cuban Black Lives’
People take part in a demonstration against the regime of Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana, Cuba, on July 11, 2021. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images
Isabel van Brugen
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A Cuban artist has accused the Black Lives Matter movement of disregarding Cuban black lives, after the organization put out a statement blaming the U.S. government’s “cruel and inhumane” economic embargo for the current unrest in Cuba.

“For #blacklivesmatters all black lives matter, except Cuban black lives,” wrote Havana-based producer and director José Luis Aparicio Ferrera on Facebook.
Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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