Akash Sama­roo

Cari­com is mov­ing to dis­patch hu­man­i­tar­i­an aid to Cu­ba fol­low­ing a de­ci­sion tak­en at the re­gion­al bloc’s 50th Reg­u­lar Meet­ing of the Con­fer­ence of Heads of Gov­ern­ment in St Kitts and Nevis. How­ev­er, the Trinidad and To­ba­go Gov­ern­ment has yet to spec­i­fy what re­lief items it will con­tribute to the ef­fort.

The ini­tia­tive was an­nounced by Cari­com Chair­man and Prime Min­is­ter of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Ter­rance Drew, who said lead­ers agreed to a co­or­di­nat­ed re­gion­al re­sponse to sup­port the is­land.