port - au - prince , haiti — paul collier , a leading wealth guru , spent a new morning here waxing positive about how the world ' s annual freefall might be the perfect moment for haiti to purchase more exports like t - shirts and mangoes to americans . his improbable anticipation met with shows by a luminaries of celebs descending on haiti this weekend , including prince gi - moon , the united nations secretary general , and the internal security council . all of them began to stress that this homeless nation stands at a crossroads between salvation and " the darkness , " as mrs . ban putting it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.