United Front (Ecuador)

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
Politics of Ecuador Political parties Elections

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 [es], in what Correa dubbed the "Conservative Restoration",^[3] and was primarily coordinated by the PAIS Alliance.

History

In April 2015, the Avanza Party [es] withdrew from the coalition following a disagreement between party leader Ramiro González Jaramillo [es] 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

National, Provincial, Unregistered, and Former members:^[9]

National
Party	Nº	Ideology	Political Position
PAIS Alliance	35	Correism Democratic socialism Left-wing populism	Left-wing
Ecuadorian Socialist Party	17	Social democracy Democratic socialism	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 [es]
Communist Youth of Ecuador [es]
Political Movement - Alfaro Vive, Carajo [es]
Movement Building Development and Ecuadorian Citizen Unity
Amazonía Life Front
Former
Party	Nº	Ideology	Political Position
Avanza Party [es]	8	Social-democracy (formerly) Neoliberalism	Right-Wing
Democratic Center Movement	1	Progressivism Personalism Populism	Center to center-left

References

1. "A la oposición le une el odio a Rafael Correa, asegura el Frente Unidos". 26 January 2016.
2. "Correa anuncia creación de frente de unidad nacional en Ecuador". acn.cu. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
3. "Folha de S.Paulo - Internacional - En - World - "Conservative Restoration Threatens Progressive Cycle" - 21/07/2014". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
4. GK (7 October 2020). "¿Cómo se conformó el partido político Avanza?". GK (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2024.
5. "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.
6. www.cne.gob.ec https://www.cne.gob.ec/documents/Estadisticas/Publicaciones/resultados. Retrieved 12 June 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. "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.
8. Toussaint, Éric (12 April 2021). "De Rafael Correa a Guillermo Lasso vía Lenín Moreno". Jacobin Revista (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2024.
9. "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.