STATEMENT | CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations | Situation in Cuba*
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) expresses its profound concern regarding the ongoing and intensifying economic, commercial, and financial measures imposed upon the Republic of Cuba. The COFCOR reminds that the mounting hardships facing the Cuban people also seriously impact CARICOM nationals studying and living in Cuba, whose well-being remains a priority for the Community.
These measures compound the trade and economic embargo imposed on Cuba for over six decades, which has had a deleterious effect on the lives and livelihoods of the Cuban people. COFCOR unequivocally affirms Cuba’s sovereign right to import and receive fuel, and condemns the obstruction of energy supplies to Cuba, which has precipitated a grave humanitarian crisis.
COFCOR reaffirms the need for the preservation of the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace and expresses alarm at recent statements that suggest the possibility of military aggression against the Republic of Cuba; any such action would inflict unnecessary human suffering, impose grave material costs, and fundamentally destabilize the security architecture of the entire Caribbean region.
As a matter of international law and in solidarity with the resolutions adopted year after year by the overwhelming majority of United Nations member states, the COFCOR reaffirms that Cuba poses no threat to any nation, that it stands as a peaceful and cooperative member of the international community, and that the continued application of these unilateral coercive measures constitutes an unjustifiable violation of human rights, the principles of free trade, and the fundamental norms governing relations among sovereign states.
The Cooperative Republic of Guyana and The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago reserve their positions on the foregoing Statement
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Talk is cheap CARICOM. What are you guys and girls doing to help the Cuban people who in time of our needs were there for us. After every hurricane we could see Cubans working to restore our electricity and sending doctors to assist with our healthcare. But as the saying goes, In times of need you will see who are your friends.
Shame on CARICOM. Afraid to stand on principles. I wonder if anyone will stand up this year in the UN to call on the Americans to lift the embargo against Cuba.
At lest we Forget
Last time that I checked Caricom Member states had and continues to support Cuba with Aid in various forms. The only Member state that was in opposition is Trinidad and Tobago along with the ideology of Guyana. Saddening. If I’m correct earlier this Year Antigua alone donated over $250,000 USD PLUS resources to the people of Cuba. Please educate yourself first before accusing Caricom of not assisting. Legally the fight is not as easy as any can imagine. it’s easier to throw the stone into the window and then spread blame. Yet one should consider going into the house and see the situation first then decide how you’re going to mash up the house. Don’t just fling stones.
Talk in this day and age is Far from Cheap you just make it slack.
Sick of it
No one can deny that Cuban has been a good friend to many nations around the world, especially in the Caribbean and Africa. Just because someone is your friend doesn’t mean you can’t criticize them though.
They still cling to the failed communist economic model, imprison countless political opponents and basically have a none existent free press.
Not to mention that they basically stole “nationalised” close to a billion dollars worth of American businesses.
Until they address those issues they will forever be in America’s cross hairs.
CARICOM countries that collaborate with the communist CUBA GOVERNMENT to oppress and enslave its people by contributing to this SCAM.
Sister of Cuban military conglomerate chief arrested in Florida.
CBS News 21 MAY 2026.
The sister of the head of a company that is accused of having close ties to Cuban government operations has been arrested in Miami, Florida, federal authorities announced Thursday.
Adys Lastres Morera, the sister of Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera — who is the executive president of Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A., or GAESA — was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations agents in Miami, the agency said in a news release.
ICE said that Lastres Morera’s permanent residency status had been revoked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday.
In a social media post Thursday, Rubio said he revoked Lastres Morera’s green card because she “was managing real estate assets and living in Florida, while also aiding Havana’s communist regime.”
Rubio said that GAESA is a “Cuban military-controlled financial conglomerate that steals millions in aid for the Cuban people at the behest of the regime.”
Rubio has previously alleged GAESA has $18 billion in assets and controls 70% of the economy.
“They profit from hotels, construction, banks, stores and even from the money your relatives send you from the U.S. Everything, everything passes through their hands,” Rubio said Wednesday in a video recorded in Spanish that he said was directed at the Cuban people. “From those remittances, they retain a percentage, but from GAESA’s profits nothing reaches you.”
According to ICE, Lastres Morera entered the U.S. as a permanent resident on Jan. 13, 2023. But on Wednesday, it was determined she was eligible to be deported under Section 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act because her continued presence in the U.S. undermined its “foreign policy objectives toward Cuba.”
Section 237 of the INA outlines criteria under which foreign nationals can be deported. It is the same authority under which Rubio and the Trump administration are attempting to deport Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University activist who was arrested following his participation in pro-Palestinian protests.
Lastres Morera will remain in ICE custody as she awaits removal proceedings, ICE said. Neither Rubio nor ICE have said if Lastres Morera has been or will be charged with any crimes.
The arrest comes one day after former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five others were federally indicted in connection with the Cuban military’s fatal downing of two civilian planes in 1996 that killed four people.
The Trump administration has sought to put pressure on Cuba’s communist regime in recent months through tough sanctions and a blockade that have prevented oil and gas from reaching the island nation. That has prompted an energy crisis and several major blackouts. The U.S. recently offered Cuba $100 million in relief supplies, but said it must be distributed to the Cuban people through authorized charities.
Last week, CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Havana to meet with senior Cuban official.
CARICOM countries that support the COMMUNIST CUBA GOVERNMENT and undermining the NATIONAL SECURITY of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ought to be ASHAMED.CARICOM leaders that support the above SCAM need to bury their faces in Pigs SHIT, and go after GAESA that controls 70 percent of the CUBA economy with 18 BILLION U.S dollars in ASSETS.
CARICOM countries need to FOCUS on their respective economies.