port - au - prince , haiti — paul peat , a leading poverty guru , spent a recent evening here waxing positive about how the world ' s economic freefall wouldn prove the suitable opportunity for haiti to sale more products like t - products and mangoes to blacks . his exciting excitement coincided with appearances by a retinue of luminaries descending on haiti this month , namely ban ki - moon , the united countries secretary general , and the total security council . all of them come to stress that this destitute community stands at a crossroads between salvation and " the darkness , " as col . ban put it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.