Political commentators say the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM’s) latest condemnation of the United States’ economic and fuel blockade on Cuba is an attempt to keep the deepening humanitarian crisis in the country at the forefront of minds.

Former assistant secretary-general of CARICOM Ambassador Byron Blake said the regional bloc’s statement may be late but is overdue, while Department of Government lecturer at The University of the West Indies, Damion Gordon said history is not neutral, noting that it would remember the parties that condemned the collective punishment of Cubans.

In a statement on Wednesday, CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) raised concerns about the “ongoing and intensifying economic, commercial, and financial measures imposed upon the Republic of Cuba”.