Cuba to receive aid from SVG through CARICOM
Members of Caribbean Community (CARICOM), including St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), have pledged to give humanitarian support to Cuba.
As of March 2026, Cuba is experiencing a severe, multi-faceted crisis driven by a continued United States of America (USA) blockade. What has compounded the situation is that Venezuelan supplies of oil to Cuba has stopped at the behest of the USA illegally removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during a military operation in Caracas on January 3, 2026.
The operation, codenamed “Operation Absolute Resolve,” involved a large-scale strike by U.S. forces to kidnap Maduro, who was then flown out of the country to face charges in the USA.
The lack of Venezuela aid to Cuba has seen a near-total collapse of fuel supplies, massive, widespread power outages, and acute shortages of food and medicine, pushing the island to the brink of a humanitarian emergency.
Speaking during a press briefing in Kingstown on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday told reporters that during the 50th Regular Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community ( CARICOM),in St. Kitts and Nevis last week, leaders discussed the emerging humanitarian crisis in Cuba.
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