{"id":"5e131605-7ddd-4cd4-8ab5-3cb9ffe25481","url":"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-10-29-el-salvador-to-send-over-2000-soldiers-to-haiti-for-rescue-while-elections-postponed/","domain":"dailymaverick.co.za","outlet":{"name":"Daily Maverick","country":"ZA","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"El Salvador to send over 2,000 soldiers to Haiti for rescue while elections postponed","plainHeadline":"El Salvador to deploy over 2,000 troops to Haiti as elections are postponed","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Haiti has not held elections since 2016 and last president was assassinated in 2021.","UN-backed missions have aided Haitian police to secure neighborhoods and enable voting.","Haiti's electoral council now schedules first round for July 18, 2027, with local elections on October 4.","Salvadoran forces were announced after four technicians were kidnapped near Port-au-Prince.","President Bukele announced deployment of more than 2,000 troops and the plan remains under discussion."],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity","M&A"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-29T10:33:52.821Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T10:37:39.570Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/d43cbad4-8229-4a9a-8ace-334e02dee7d9","storyId":"d43cbad4-8229-4a9a-8ace-334e02dee7d9","image":"https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/IT4f2yFiwq505Ya74R9L-uF_x5E=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/attachments/2999/14387179_288336.jpg","author":"Reuters","dek":"El Salvador will send over 2,000 soldiers to Haiti to rescue missing personnel and support anti-gang security operations, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday, while Haiti's electoral council postponed planned presidential elections to next year."}