(Demerara Waves) – Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago have refused to be part of a call by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) bloc that calls for the scrapping of United States (U.S.) plans to take military action against Cuba.
Both countries are members of the Shield of the Americas established by US President Donald Trump.
“COFCOR (Council for Foreign and Community and Relations) 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.”
COFCOR’s position comes days after United States President Donald Trump said past US presidents had considered intervening in Cuba but “it looks like I’ll be the one that does it.”
The CARICOM statement indicated Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago dissociated themselves from the foreign ministers’ stance. “The Cooperative Republic of Guyana and The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago reserve their positions on the foregoing Statement.”
