United Front (Ecuador)

Political coalition in 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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Political parties in Ecuador

Registered|

* Democratic Center
* Popular Unity Movement
* Patriotic Society Party
* Citizen Revolution
* Social Christian Party
* Advance
* Democratic Left
* AMIGO Movement
* Ecuadorian Socialist Party
* Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement
* Democracy Yes
* CREO Movement
* SUMA Movement
* MC25
* Together We Can National Movement
* Mover
* United Ecuadorian

Not registered|

* Communist Party of Ecuador
* Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun
* Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
* Workers' Party of Ecuador

Defunct|

* Alfarista Radical Front
* A New Option
* Democratic People's Movement
* Democratic Transformation
* Christian Democratic Union
* Concentration of People's Forces
* Conservative Party
* Ecuadorian Popular Revolutionary Union
* Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party
* Ecuadorian Roldosist Party
* Freedom Party
* Institutional Renewal Party of National Action
* National Liberation
* Provincial Integration Movement
* Solidarity Fatherland Movement
* Ethics and Democracy Network
* Velasquist National Federation
* Fuerza Ecuador
* Coalition Movement

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