Caribbean governments are trying to show support for Cuba. Not everyone is on board

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali at a meeting of Caribbean Community heads of government in Saint Kitts and Nevis on Feb. 25, 2026. JONATHAN ERNST POOL/AFP via Getty Images

By Jacqueline Charles

Caribbean foreign ministers reaffirmed their support for Cuba on Wednesday, but their statement backing Havana also shows the growing divisions over the Trump administration’s policies toward their longtime ally and over broader U.S. policy in the Caribbean.

In a declaration issued at the conclusion of a meeting in Suriname, the Council for Foreign and Community Relations of the Caribbean bloc known as CARICOM condemned the Trump administration’s escalating pressure campaign against Cuba while reiterating that the Caribbean must remain a “Zone of Peace.”

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