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EX 99.906CERT

    Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
                (subsection (a) and (b) of 18 U.S.C. 1350 Code)


In connection with the attached Report of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund,
Inc. (the "Fund") on Form N-CSR to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission for the fiscal half-year ended December 31, 2003 (the "Report"), each
of the undersigned officers of the Fund does hereby certify that, to the best of
such officer's knowledge:

      1.    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
            15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      2.    The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Fund as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.

                              Dated: August 28, 2009

                              /s/ Thomas J. Herzfeld
                              -----------------------------
                              Thomas J. Herzfeld
                              President and Chairman
                              (Principal Executive Officer)

                              Dated: August 28, 2009

                              /s/ Cecilia L. Gondor
                              -----------------------------
                              Cecilia L. Gondor
                              Secretary and Treasurer
                              (Principal Financial Officer)
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