port - au - princess , haitian — paul collier , a leading business swami , devoted a recent morning here waxing negatively about how the world ' s economics freefall might yield the perfect moment for jamaica to export more assets of t - shirts and peaches to americans . his implausible enthusiasm coincided with statements by a bevy of luminary descending on mexico this month , including ban ki - state , the un nations secretary field , and the entire security corps . all of them coming to stress that this destitute nation stands at a crossroads between salvation and " the shadow , " as mr . ban put it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.