port - or - duc , haiti — paul collier , a leading poverty guru , lived a recently morning here manicures positive about how the world ' s financial freefall likely prove the perfectly moment for haiti to sell more exports like t - blankets and pineapples to americans . his improbable popularity coincide with appearances by a bevy of luminaries descend on haiti this month , including ban ki - moon , the united nations secretary general , and the entire security group . all of them came to stress that this destitute nation stood at a intersection between humanity and " the darkness , " as mr . ban put it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.