Citizen Revolution Movement

Citizen Revolution Movement
Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana
AbbreviationRC
LeaderRafael Correa
PresidentGabriela Rivadeneira
General SecretaryEvelyn Zambrano
FounderIván Espinel
FoundedJuly 2010 (historical)
August 2021 (modern)
Registered18 August 2016; 10 years ago (2016-08-18)
Split fromPAIS Alliance
HeadquartersAv. 6 de Diciembre N14- 136 y Piedrahita, Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Think tankCEFORMA
Youth wingFrente de Jóvenes de la RC
Membership (2022)Increase 200,000
Ideology Faction:
Social conservatism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationUnion for Hope (2020-2023)
Regional affiliationSão Paulo Forum
Colors  Cyan
  White
  Red
SloganUntil Victory Always!
National Assembly
65 / 151
Provincial Prefects
8 / 23
Mayors
50 / 221
Andean Parliament
2 / 5
Website
revolucionciudadana.com.ec

The Citizen Revolution Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana) is a democratic socialist political party in Ecuador. Supporters of former President Rafael Correa started the party. They left Correa's PAIS Alliance party when Lenín Moreno became president. The party has had problems registering for elections. The party is left-wing.

References

  1. ↑ "Ex-Ecuador leader Rafael Correa leaves leftist ruling party". Apnews.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "Movimiento político de Correa presenta 200.000 firmas con miras a elecciones". 11 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Ulloa, César (2025-02-19). "Elections in Ecuador: continuity or a return to correísmo?". Latinoamérica 21. Retrieved 2025-04-10. 21st-century socialism, represented by Luisa González of the Citizen Revolution and heir to former President Rafael Correa
  4. ↑ Camhaji, Elías (4 July 2023). "Luisa González, candidata correísta en Ecuador: "Nunca le ofrecería un indulto a Rafael Correa"". El País.
  5. ↑ Lansford, Tom (2023-06-27). Political Handbook of the World 2022-2023. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-0718-5306-1. The left-wing, populist MRC was founded in January 2018 by form president Rafael CORREA Delgado and dissidents from the AP.
  6. ↑ Quesada, Juan Diego (2024-01-25). "Rafael Correa, former president of Ecuador: 'Everyone knows where the drugs come from. Why isn't it controlled?'". El País. Retrieved 2025-02-25. In the following elections (2021), Correa — through his social-democratic Citizen Revolution Movement — launched a candidate who didn't succeed.
  7. ↑ Grim, José Olivares, Ryan (2024-08-29). "A U.S.-Linked Prosecutor Is Behind the Assault on Ecuador's Left". Intercept Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-02-25. Correistas split from Moreno and organized RC, a new, social democratic political party.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ Bristow, Matthew (2024-08-11). "El correísmo elige de nuevo a Luisa González como candidata presidencial en Ecuador". Bloomberg Línea (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-10. (...) González es partidaria de un Estado del bienestar fuerte y de una mayor inversión en programas de obras públicas. Es conservadora en algunas cuestiones sociales y se ha pronunciado en contra del aborto, incluso para las víctimas de violación.
  10. ↑ "INICIO". Revolucion Ciudadana.
  11. ↑ Mella, Carolina (7 February 2023). "La izquierda recupera terreno en Ecuador y allana la vuelta al poder del movimiento de Correa". El País.
  12. ↑ "Ecuador irá a balotaje presidencial en nuevo duelo entre izquierda y derecha". El Comercio. 21 August 2023 – via El Comercio (Perú).
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ "Foro de São Paulo Partidos". forodesaopaulo.org.
  15. ↑ "LA FUERZA DE NUESTRAS IDEAS". Archived from the original on 2025-02-09. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  16. ↑ "Correa and his supporters officially break from AP". country.eiu.com. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  17. ↑ mundo, El Telégrafo-Noticias del Ecuador y del (17 January 2018). "CNE niega inscripción del Partido Revolución Ciudadana". El Telégrafo - Noticias del Ecuador y del mundo (in European Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  18. ↑ "Ex-Ecuador leader Rafael Correa leaves leftist ruling party". AP NEWS. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2019.