Kingston, Jamaica — 6 February 2026
The European Union has announced more than €123 million in humanitarian aid for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2026, a funding decision that comes amid global reductions in aid budgets and intensifying climate and security pressures across the region. While the funding is primarily humanitarian, its implications extend into housing security, disaster resilience, and long-term land and settlement stability in countries such as Jamaica.
According to the EU, the funding will support life-saving assistance, disaster preparedness, and emergency response in a region increasingly exposed to hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes, displacement, and armed violence. The announcement follows a year in which more than 15 million people across Latin America and the Caribbean were assessed as needing humanitarian support, even as United Nations response targets were revised downward due to global funding constraints.
A Region Under Strain
Latin America and the Caribbe…
