Divisions are emerging within Caricom over the United States’ growing military footprint in the Caribbean.
At an emergency CELAC meeting on Thursday, Trinidad and Tobago was the only Caricom member to back the deployment of US warships, submarines, and troops, while other members sought to condemn it.
Several Caricom nations, along with ALBA members, described the buildup as “a new demonstration of imperial force,” warning it could threaten regional stability.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign Minister, Sean Sobers, said the country could not support such a statement, arguing that US assistance against transnational crime strengthened rather than destabilised security. “Any right-thinking person would want to welcome that level of intervention,” he said.
Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines opposed the deployment. Outside Caricom, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Panama, and Costa Rica aligned with Trinidad and Tobago’s stance.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio highlighted Washington’s focus on drug trafficking and organised crime during a visit to Ecuador.
Caricom has not yet issued a joint position, leaving the bloc divided over US involvement.
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Trinidad is ONLY one country so how can there be a divide among CARICOM. A divide is when you have an equal opposing or supporting amount.
Trinidad like America for themselves
Caricom split on everything. Leaders are always quite eager to put out their individual country’s position instead of consulting with the body and issuing a communique that represents the will, wishes and position of the entire body. It is also very apparent that the new administration in Trinidad and Tobago is less of a Caricom sympathizer and more about her own country position on many issues. This has practically thrown Caricom in a tail spin.
Would be interesting to know Grenada’s stance
This is a perfect example of the phrase Every-man for himself.
As a layman, I can’t fathom how any Caribbean country can support the deployment of military assets by the USA in our region.
Further, Caricom should unequivocally condemn in the strongest possible way the bombing of that vessel that killed 11people off the coast of Venezuela. Don’t think that it’s too far away from us for those persons to be our own relatives.
This action by the US is unjustified, provocative , illegal and goes against all fabrics of international law.
Even if the boat’s cargo was illegal drugs, that in-and-of-itself cannot be a death sentence to its occupants. As a region, we must defend due-process and the rule of law.
To Trinidad and Tobago in particular, be reminded that the USA has no permanent friends, only permanent interests.
Caricom should resist all attempts to divide it and speak with one voice. United we stand, divided we shall fall one by one.
We do not have military might, however, we should take a position of principle and not a position of convenience!
More than 90% of homicides committed in the Caribbean are carried out by the use of firearms.
Trinidad, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Haiti, St. Vincent and the Grenadines all have a higher murder rate per-capita than you USA.
However, we do not manufacture guns in the Caribbean.
The lives of our Caribbean men and women has no value? So you have taken your war against drugs right on our doorsteps to protect your citizens. What are you doing, what steps are you taking to protect our lives from the guns that you are manufacturing that are killing us daily??
If one person decides to support how is that division?
CARICOM is a talkshop. Wasted time. Wasted effort. Just a chattahbox. And CARICOM is not necessairly unity. They dont need to united on every matter. People can have their opinion.
Because that’s how the basic mathematic principle of dividing works…smh.
Always something when two evil leaders come together…In opposition of course
When is CARICOM ever untied on one issue. Remember when Trump invited certain members to come to his home at Mar-a-Lago. Photos showed them waiting like little boys sitting on very uncomfortable chairs. They have no shame. No pride whatsoever. Guess they had to kiss the massa’s white you know what. And Guyana will play a very crucial role in this. The USA is leading them through the wrong path and they will regret this one day. Can you imagine what the picture the USA is playing is. Control over the oils of Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad and who ever in this region will have oil. Total control.
It appears that its mainly the few alba aligned caricom countries who oppose the United States.
Trinidad is so anxious to kiss trump’s arse they forgot that they themselves are part of the drug smuggling problem. Both venezuelan and trini boats are smuggling drugs. So when the Trini boats start blowing up the world will just laugh at the trini prime minister.
@A concern citizen of Caricom. September 5, 2025 At 1:16 pm
I read your comment and I only one thing to say
“Wel Said.”
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