El Salvador’s Bukele Bets Big on Haiti Security Mission
President Nayib Bukele is extending El Salvador’s hard-edged anti-gang model beyond its borders, sending troops to Haiti in a move that could reshape the country’s already fragile security landscape. The deployment marks a high-risk test of whether Bukele’s domestic playbook can translate into a foreign intervention amid Haiti’s gang violence, political paralysis, and deep mistrust of outside force.
