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 FWIW, there's a small plurality of Haitians that would kill for a pays blancs to take over and fix the country at this point. Mind you, I suspect they're looking at things from a very idealistic standpoint. Germany* isn't going to fix Haiti and turn it into the 17th Lander overnight, and the inability to do this is what creates some of the problems.

*Some Haitians liked the Germans because they're not a previous colonizer, the Americans are seen as awful interlopers, so that leaves the Germans as the next best option. 
 I've heard many a Spanish speaking latin say that they wished the British had colonized them.