Mexico: Latin America & The Caribbean Weekly Situation Update as of 22 May 2026

Countries: Mexico, Dominica, Suriname, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached Infographic. KEY FIGURES 2K people displaced due to escalating violence in May across three Mexican states 739K people reached by humanitarian response in Venezuela (Jan-Apr 2026) 13K estimated heat-related deaths annually across 17 countries in the region MEXICO: DISPLACEMENT At least 2,000 people fled their homes across Guerrero, Michoacán, and Durango in early May as criminal violence triggered three separate displacement events. An estimated 390,000 people were already living in displacement due to conflict and violence at end-2025, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), while a 2025 government survey estimated nearly 250,000 households were forced to flee in 2024 alone. Indigenous and rural communities in all three states are among the most exposed. The UN’s internal displacement working group has stepped up coordination across all three cases to assess needs and scale up support. CARIBBEAN: FLOODING In southern Suriname, approximately 3,384 people across eight villages in the Tapanahony and Coeroeni areas face crop losses and deteriorating access conditions — with fuel constraints threatening air and river operations that remote indigenous communities depend on. In Dominica, a late-April trough system caused flooding, landslides, and infrastructure damage across several communities, including the Kalinago Territory; saturated soils and slope instability raise concern that additional rainfall could worsen conditions. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) deployed a technical team for hydrometeorological, geological, and engineering assessm...

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