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Haiti's provisional electoral council has set new dates for general elections, with the first round scheduled for 18 July 2027 and the second round for 4 October, amid ongoing gang violence and political instability. The country has not held elections since 2016 and has been without a president since Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in 2021, with a non-elected prime minister currently in charge.
El Salvador has deployed more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti as part of a large-scale operation to rescue four missing Salvadoran military technicians who were ambushed in a gang-controlled area near Port-au-Prince. President Nayib Bukele confirmed the deployment, stating the troops will also support ongoing security operations against gangs. The UN-backed Gang Suppression Force, which includes the missing personnel, has struggled to regain control in areas dominated by armed groups, while the UN reports more than 5,700 people have been killed in gang-related violence in Haiti this year.
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