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America Just Made a Move on Jamaica—Here's What They're Not Telling Us
America just made a move on Jamaica — and the full story is not in the headlines.
In March 2025, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed in Kingston for the first high-level American diplomatic visit to the English-speaking Caribbean in over a year. But this was not a courtesy call. Behind the polished press conferences, the real agenda was about shipping lanes, military strategy, Chinese influence, and control of one of the most valuable geopolitical positions in the Western Hemisphere.
While the U.S. has built its largest Caribbean military presence since the Cuban Missile Crisis — with up to 11 warships and 15,000 troops under Operation Southern Spear — China has been quietly taking control of the Port of Kingston, building highways, and investing billions across the island through the Belt and Road Initiative.
Jamaica is now sitting at the center of a global power struggle between the world's two largest economies. And with offshore oil exploration revealing potential reserves of over 7 billion barrels, the stakes just got higher than anyone expected.
In this video, we break down the verified facts behind America's growing interest in Jamaica, China's deep footprint on the island, Jamaica's offshore oil potential, and what all of this means for the island's sovereignty and future.
This is the story they are not telling you. Watch to the end — because by the time you finish, you will never look at Jamaica's position in the world the same way again.
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SOURCES & REFERENCES:
- U.S. Department of State — Secretary Rubio's Travel to Jamaica, Guyana, and Suriname, March 26-27, 2025
https://www.state.gov/secretary-travel/travel-to-jamaica-guyana-and-suriname-march-26-27-2025
- U.S. Department of State — Joint Press Availability: Secretary Rubio and PM Holness, March 26, 2025
https://www.state.gov/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-and-jamaican-prime-minister-andrew-holness-at-a-joint-press-availability
- Stars and Stripes — "US maintains strong military force in the Caribbean with 5 warships, thousands of troops," March 2026
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-03-12/us-presence-caribbean-5-warships-21043276.html
- NPR — "Why the build up of U.S. military forces continues in the Caribbean," February 2026
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/nx-s1-5707466/why-the-build-up-of-u-s-military-forces-continues-in-the-caribbean
- Jamaica Observer — "US legislator alarmed by US military build-up in Caribbean," January 2026
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/01/02/us-legislator-alarmed-us-military-build-caribbean/
- CSIS — "No Safe Harbor: Evaluating the Risk of China's Port Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean," 2025
https://features.csis.org/no-safe-harbor-china-ports/
- Jamaica Observer — "Offshore oil test enters defining phase as island's energy stakes rise," February 2026
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/02/25/offshore-oil-test-enters-defining-phase-islands-energy-stakes-rise/
- Jamaica Observer — "Results from Jamaica's offshore oil survey to become available within next three months — Vaz," March 2026
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/03/04/results-jamaicas-offshore-oil-survey-become-available-within-next-three-months-vaz/
- Jamaica Gleaner — "Vessel offshore Jamaica to test billion-barrel oil prospect this week," January 2026
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20260125/vessel-offshore-jamaica-test-billion-barrel-oil-prospect-week
- Inter-American Dialogue — "What Did Rubio Accomplish on His Caribbean Trip?" April 2025
https://thedialogue.org/analysis/what-did-rubio-accomplish-on-his-caribbean-trip
- The People's Map of Global China — Jamaica Country Profile
https://thepeoplesmap.net/country/jamaica/
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — "Examining the PRC's Strategic Port Investments in the Western Hemisphere," February 2025
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Published Apr 8, 2026