Statement by UNAC on the Situation in Cuba. Hands off Cuba! But the U.S. maintains a blockade of the country that denies the people food, medicine, fuel and trade with other countries. We continue our calls to lift the punitive US blockade of Cuba that has caused humanitarian shortages and been tightened during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The United States State Department has spent millions of dollars attempting to turn the masses of Cuban people against the revolution for years.