A U.N. independent expert on human rights in Haiti steps down after highlighting police torture and pervasive judicial corruption, deteriorating security, crackdowns on press freedom, and a general inadequacy on the part of Haiti's leaders.
The program designed to help communities protect natural resources aims to expand by 66 percent by 2017. Cleaning up the polluted Virilla and Tarcoles rivers will be a priority.
A final report on the scandal-plagued construction of a road along the border with Nicaragua also seeks a “moral sanction” against Vice President Luis Liberman.
