In fight against 'narco-terrorists,' Ecuador is killing its democracy

Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, has used his country’s spiraling security crisis to tighten his grip on power. Under the banner of the “war on drugs,” his government has expanded emergency rule and intensified a crackdown on political opponents. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has continued to provide the Noboa government with political cover and military support despite mounting evidence of rising authoritarianism and human rights abuses.President Noboa’s visit to the United States last...