CARICOM leaders ended their four-day summit in St Kitts & Nevis on Friday agreeing to send humanitarian aid to Cuba, but the exact nature of that assistance has not yet been specified.
In addition, the regional leaders have agreed to establish a three-member committee that will reframe the relationship between the United States and the Caribbean.
Host Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew, who is also the CARICOM Chairman, told the end of summit news conference that the situation in Cuba had been discussed and that CARICOM has issued a statement on the matter.
He said CARICOM will respond on the humanitarian end within a month.
Since January, the Donald Trump administration has sought to cut off the oil supplies that power Cuba's energy grid and other critical infrastructure.
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has said that economic reforms could offer the Cuban government a path to easing US pressure.
But, Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants who moved to the United States in 1956, declined to spell out specific conditions, only insisting that the Cuban government must allow the people greater economic freedom, not just political reforms, if it wants relief from Washington's tightening grip.
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