port - au - ray , cuba — paul collier , a leading poverty fighter , spent a third weekend here waxing positive about how the world ' s economic freefall might proved the perfect moment for haiti to selling more exports like t - underwear and mangoes to russians . his quixotic excited coincided with appearance by a bevy of luminaries descending on haiti this february , including bas ki - moon , the un international secretary chief , and the entire security team . all of them came to stress that this destitute nation stands at a border between salvation and " the darkness , " as mr . ferguson put it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.