Alix Didier Fils-Aimé was appointed as the country’s new Prime Minister on 10 November by the
transitional council, replacing his predecessor Garry Conille after six months of rule. Fils-Aimé is the
country’s former Chamber of Commerce president and has pledged to eradicate the gang violence
currently plaguing the country.
On the following day, the Port-au-Prince airport was shut down after a Spirit Airlines flight from Florida
was hit by gunfire, which injured one.
Coinciding with the removal of Conille, leaders of the Viv Ansanm alliance, likely the most powerful in
the country, called for an intensification of the violence. At least two further cases of planes being
fired upon occurred following the first incident.