AFP: Haiti’s new prime minister, Garry Conille, left the hospital Sunday in stable condition after being admitted for a respiratory issue one day earlier, two government sources told AFP.
Conille shared a clip on Sunday afternoon, addressing the camera while standing, telling viewers: “I am posting this video to assure you that I am fine.” A government source, speaking on condition of anonymity, had previously told AFP that the prime minister had suffered an asthma attack.
Conille, 58, was appointed to the premiership by Haiti’s Presidential Transitional Council on May 29 and was sworn in only last Monday. The job before him is monumental: to relieve the political, security and humanitarian crises devastating the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and to pave the way for the first elections since 2016. “After a week of intense activity.