The UNITED Front (Spanish: Frente UNIDOS, FE) was an Ecuadorian left-wing electoral alliance, formed with the objective of supporting the government of Rafael Correa, and his Citizens' Revolution project.[2] The United Front was formed following the results of the 2014 Ecuadorian local elections, in what Correa dubbed the "Conservative Restoration",[3] and was primarily coordinated by the PAIS Alliance.
UNITED Front Frente UNIDOS | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Leader | Rafael Correa (2014-2017) Lenín Moreno (2017-2018) |
| General Secretary | Patricio Zambrano[1] |
| Founded | June 2014 |
| Dissolved | August 2018 |
| Succeeded by | Union for Hope (de facto) |
| Headquarters | Quito |
| Political position | Centre-left to Left-wing |
History
editIn April 2015, the Avanza Party withdrew from the coalition following a disagreement between party leader Ramiro González Jaramillo and Rafael Correa concerning changes to the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security.[4]
In October 2016, the Democratic Center Movement (MCD) was expelled from the coalition following a public spat between MCD leader Jimmy Jairala and Rafael Correa, which lead to MCD supporting Paco Moncayo in the 2017 Ecuadorian general election.[5]
During the 2017 Ecuadorian general election, the PAIS Alliance joined with member parties to contest certain provinces (stated below). The United Front supported the candidacy of Lenín Moreno, who won the presidential elections with 51.16% of the vote.[6]
The United Front was dissolved in 2018[7] following Lenín Moreno's shift to the right, and away from the policies of Correa.[8]
Membership
editNational, Provincial, Unregistered, and Former members:[9]
| National | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Nº | Ideology | Political Position |
| PAIS Alliance | 35 | Correism | Left-wing |
| Ecuadorian Socialist Party | 17 | Social democracy | Centre-left to Left-wing |
| Provincial | |||
| Party | Province | ||
| Agrarian Integration Movement San Miguel | Bolívar | ||
| Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country | Chimborazo | ||
| Regional Autonomous Movement | El Oro | ||
| Regional Action for Equity | Loja | ||
| Bolivarian Alfarista Alliance Movement | Los Ríos | ||
| First Unit Movement | Manabí | ||
| People's Movement | Orellana | ||
| Citizen Struggle Front | Santa Elena | ||
| Revolutionary Left Movement | Zamora-Chinchipe | ||
| Unregistered | |||
| Communist Party of Ecuador | |||
| Ecuadorian Communist Party | |||
| Communist Youth of Ecuador | |||
| Political Movement - Alfaro Vive, Carajo | |||
| Movement Building Development and Ecuadorian Citizen Unity | |||
| Amazonía Life Front | |||
| Former | |||
| Party | Nº | Ideology | Political Position |
| Avanza Party | 8 | Social-democracy (formerly) Neoliberalism |
Right-Wing |
| Democratic Center Movement | 1 | Progressivism Personalism Populism |
Center to center-left |
References
edit- ^ "A la oposición le une el odio a Rafael Correa, asegura el Frente Unidos". 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Correa anuncia creación de frente de unidad nacional en Ecuador". acn.cu. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Folha de S.Paulo - Internacional - En - World - "Conservative Restoration Threatens Progressive Cycle" - 21/07/2014". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ GK (7 October 2020). "¿Cómo se conformó el partido político Avanza?". GK (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Centro Democrático vuelve con el correísmo, pese a que Rafael Correa calificó a Jimmy Jairala de 'oportunista' en 2016". El Universo (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ www.cne.gob.ec https://www.cne.gob.ec/documents/Estadisticas/Publicaciones/resultados. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Las alianzas de PAIS pierden peso de cara a las elecciones". 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Toussaint, Éric (12 April 2021). "De Rafael Correa a Guillermo Lasso vía Lenín Moreno". Jacobin Revista (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "15 organizaciones políticas son parte del frente Unidos | Secretaría Nacional de Gestión de la Política". 15 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2024.