Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Trust and confidence have ebbed away from this blundering government
The untruth of people disobeying the rules has been spun up really as a cover for the government’s own failings, writes PAUL DONOVAN

THE elected politicians of this country rule by the consent of the people. Never has this been more obvious than during the time of the present pandemic.
The people have in the main done everything asked of them.
First, it was to stay at home and protect the NHS.
More from this author

PAUL DONOVAN applauds a timely play that explores the resonances of McCarthyite nationalism in today’s US

PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by an account of the long history of Catholic Church’s involvement in espionage