{"id":"ef01d984-4a5e-41a3-9b89-a3d3100e5577","url":"https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-10-29/haiti-announces-new-election-dates-as-2-000-salvadoran-troops-help-fight-gangs","domain":"latimes.com","outlet":{"name":"Los Angeles Times","country":"US","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"Haiti announces new election dates as 2,000 Salvadoran troops help fight gangs","plainHeadline":"Haiti announces general election dates as El Salvador troops aid operations","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council scheduled first round for July 18 and second for Oct. 4.","Election process resumes after a decade without elections amid gang violence.","Over 2,000 Salvadoran troops joined police and forces to fight gangs in Haiti.","Final candidate list and voter registration deadline set for mid-January and May 20 respectively.","Experts question the role, command, and impact of Salvadoran troops within the UN-backed force."],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity","Environment"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-29T14:36:36.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T15:47:46.728Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/d43cbad4-8229-4a9a-8ace-334e02dee7d9","storyId":"d43cbad4-8229-4a9a-8ace-334e02dee7d9","image":"https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/891e00e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7908x4152+0+560/resize/1200x630!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb7%2F1c%2F90327d914571976ea7cf8bfd7379%2F3173ce4354f74c51a54df71a074f7c64.jpg","author":null,"dek":"The Provisional Electoral Council said late Wednesday that the first round of general elections will be held next July 18 and the second round on Oct. 4."}