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Caricom leaders have ended their talks with the Cuban leader Raul Castro, with a commitment for further cooperation.
On Monday, Cuba promised to open new eye surgery clinics in Jamaica, St Lucia and Guyana, as well as 10 "health diagnostic" facilities in Haiti and one in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
It also said it would offer 480 regional scholarships next year.
Caricom has enjoyed 36 years of diplomatic relations with Cuba.
And Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding said despite the US trade embargo, Havana has provided valuable assistance to the region.
Residents 'not neglected'
Police in Jamaica say they did not neglect residents of one community in Spanish Town, who were forced by gunmen to leave their homes last weekend.
More than 400 residents fled the community after gunmen, apparently fighting for turf, threatened to kill those who disobeyed their evacuation order.
Deputy police commissioner in charge of crime, Mark Shields, told BBC Caribbean the lawmen are dealing with a delicate situation.
US resumes deportations to HaitiUS immigration officials have resumed deportations to haiti.
The Immigration department temporarily stopped returning residents to Haiti in September, after hundreds were killed in four storms in Port-au-Prince.
But congressman Kendrick Meek says this decision only complicates the Haitian government's ongoing recovery effort.
Some South Florida congressional members who represent the largest Haitian community in the US, have said they were disappointed that Haitians were not granted temporary protected status.
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