A fixer?

Well as the first day winds down it's been pretty interesting.  I have a very clear understanding of why I am here.  One might say that I'm here as a fixer    . 

 I've been called down on a project that I worked on 2 years ago that is undergoing an expansion study.  However, for what ever reason the expansion study has not been moving forward with the progress that the powers that be would like.  The work is happening, but it's likely a little too slow.  To me there seems to be a clear division of power in the office with a few expatriates supervising a group of locals.  It doesn't seem as though there is any sort of local management and the expatriates don't speak or have much interaction with the staff.  There seem to be a few individuals that the expats deal with and through them they pass their input.  I feel like there is a certain degree of resentment by the staff towards the management, because they feel like their work is not noticed.  The staff seem to feel like the managers do not know what they do.  There is a strong potential for them to feel animosity towards me because I have effectively been called in to redo their work.  However, I have been able to find enough progress and quality in their work that it doesn't need revising.  In this line of thinking some of the expats have a imperialistic/holier than thou attitude.  A direct quote was, "India is a shithole, but the food is amazing."  I could have argued with that, but I didn't think that I would see eye to eye with the individual on the matter.  It seems like the expats lead somewhat insulated lives out here with someone suggesting Peru to be a, "pretty good Third World country."  It would be easy to assume that these attitudes are generated by a prevailing American mindset, but surprising enough I'm the only American.  Even more surprising is that those that perpetuate these mindsets do not themselves permanently reside in a First World country (i.e. US, Canada, UK, etc.).  Anyways so far this experience has certainly led me to be more skeptical, but we shall see…

PS: Sorry for being somewhat vague, but during the course of writing this I realized that it's probably in my best interest.