Lenin Moreno

Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno has been sentenced to prison for accepting bribes from the Chinese company Sinohydro. A court found him guilty of helping the company secure a contract to build a hydroelectric plant. Moreno, who is 73, is expected to serve his sentence under house arrest due to a physical disability.

No country in Latin America and the Caribbean has been hit as hard by the new coronavirus as Ecuador. Brazil, a far larger country, may have more COVID-19…