Countries: Haiti, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file. KEY FIGURES 5.9M people were internally displaced across the Americas in 2025 82% chance of El Niño conditions by May-July 2026 5.3K people displaced due to armed clashes in Ouest, Haiti since 10 May REGIONAL: DISPLACEMENT The Americas recorded nearly 5.9 million internal displacements in 2025, the second-highest figure in a decade, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre’s Global Report published 13 May. Conflict and violence drove almost 1.6 million movements, with Haiti, Colombia and Ecuador all posting record figures. Haiti alone accounted for nearly 977,000 displacements, over 80 per cent of global displacement linked to criminal violence, while Colombia recorded 394,000 and Ecuador 132,000. Disasters triggered 4.3 million movements, including 1.5 million pre-emptive evacuations in Chile following a tsunami alert and 735,000 in Cuba ahead of Hurricane Melissa. By the end of the year, around 10.5 million people remained displaced across the region. CENTRAL AMERICA: FOOD SECURITY Food insecurity is expected to worsen across Central America’s Dry Corridor as the lean season takes hold, driven by erratic rainfall, rising input costs, and depleted household food stocks. In Honduras and El Salvador, most poor rural households currently face Stressed (IPC Phase 2) outcomes, with pockets of Crisis (IPC Phase 3) in the most affected areas. From June to September, Crisis outcomes are projected to expand as the lean season peaks and primera harvests are impacted by poor rainfall and high temperatures, reducing both food availability and agricultural labour opportunities. Elevated fuel and fertilizer prices continue to drive up food and transportation costs, further eroding purchasing power and constraining access to food. Humanitarian partners are already implementing anticipatory action drought interventions in both countries, supported by UN Global Emergency Fund (CERF) allocations under OCHA-supported anticipatory action frameworks. HAITI: VIOLENCE & DISPLACEMENT Violence in Haiti’s Ouest department has escalated sharply following armed clashes in multiple neighbourhoods of Cité Soleil that began on 10 May, triggering significant displacement and worsening humanitarian conditions. At least 5,354 people (1,281 households) have been displaced, with population movements ongoing. The violence has also disrupted key access routes, constraining humanitarian operations and mobility. MSF has suspended all medical activities in Cité Soleil after evacuating its hospital amid intense fighting, leaving a critical gap in health service provision in an area where few facilities remain operational. Civilians, including children, have been killed and injured, while some families remain trapped in affected areas, highlighting ongoing protection concerns. These events follow repeated displacement in the same neighbourhoods in recent months, underscoring a continued deterioration of the security environment and an increased risk of protracted and cyclical displacement. REGIONAL: EL NIÑO FORECASTING El Niño conditions are increasingly likely to emerge in the coming months, with the latest forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) indicating an 82 per cent chance of development between May and July 2026 and a high likelihood of persisting through early 2027, raising concerns of significant humanitarian impacts across Latin America and the Caribbean. Anticipated effects include heightened drought, heat and food insecurity in parts of Central America and the Caribbean, alongside increased rainfall, flooding and landslides along the Pacific coast of Ecuador and Peru and across parts of the Southern Cone. Across the region, these conditions are expected to exacerbate existing vulnerabilities, disrupt livelihoods, and increase health risks, particularly in fragile and climate-exposed communities.