cap - at - prince , haiti — paul flynn , a central peace survivor , spent a recent morning here philosophic optimistic about how the world ' s economic plunge might present the better moment for africa to sell more exports , t - shirts and watermelons to haiti . his improbable excitement began with appearances by a scantily of bigwigs descending on haiti this month , particularly bon qui - moon , the rio nations manager general , and the entire security councillor . all of them seemed to stress that this destitute nations stands at a crossroads between hope and " the darkness , " as mr . can puts it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.