MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, July 6, 2025 - More than 40 Caribbean civil society organizations have issued an unprecedented demand for CARICOM to call for international arms embargoes and urge member states to suspend diplomatic relations with Israel, placing enormous pressure on Jamaica as the regional bloc's new chair.
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