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El Salvador to send over 2,000 soldiers to Haiti for rescue while elections postponed
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elections → send → rescue
PORT-AU-PRINCE/SAN SALVADOR, Oct 28 - 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.
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council → send → year
The Caribbean's most populous nation has not held elections since 2016 and its last president was assassinated in 2021.
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president → hold → 2021
Successive transitional leaders have postponed a vote citing insecurity as armed criminal organizations expand their territories.
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organizations → postpone → territories
Since 2024, foreign troops have deployed under UN-backed security missions intended to help Haitian police secure neighborhoods and pave the way to a secure and credible vote.
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police → deploy → vote
In July, Haiti's electoral council scheduled the long-awaited election for December 13, but earlier this month it announced it was reviewing its schedule, without providing a specific timeframe.
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it → schedule → timeframe
The new calendar published on Wednesday by the council has scheduled a first round presidential and legislative vote for July 18, 2027, followed by a second round with local elections on October 4.
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calendar → publish → October
This comes just over a week after four Salvadoran aircraft technicians were reported missing after an ambush on their vehicle in a gang-controlled area on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.
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technicians → come → Prince
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced an operation to rescue them and has since deployed hundreds of soldiers to the Caribbean country, but has not clarified their command structure, length of stay, nor what they will be doing.
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they → announce → what
El Salvador's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday Bukele had held a phone call with Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime and intended to deploy more than 2,000 troops.
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Bukele → say → troops
Fils-Aime's office confirmed the call in a separate statement, saying the two leaders "reaffirmed their engagement to reinforce bilateral coordination and operational cooperation in the framework of the (UN-backed) Gang Suppression Force, notably to support rescue operations and respond to security challenges."
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leaders → confirm → challenges
The office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether this meant the new Salvadoran forces would join the UN-backed mission or operate separately.
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forces → respond → mission