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General Information
On an international level, Ecuador participated
actively in negotiations for an Association Agreement
between the European Union (EU) and the Climate
Action Network (CAN). Ecuador places great
emphasis on multilateral approaches to international
issues. Ecuador is a member of the United Nations
(and the majority of its specialized agencies) and
a member of many regional groups, including the
Rio Group, the Latin American Economic System,
the Latin American Energy Organization, the Latin
American Integration Association, the Bolivarian
Alliance for the Peoples of Our America and the
Andean Community of Nations.
The building of the Azuay Province Government
Political Parties
Since the emergence of Rafael Correa, traditional
parties have lost representation. In fact, Rafael
Acronym
Name
Ideology
PAIS Alliance
Alianza PAIS
January 21 Patriotic Society Party
Partido Sociedad Patriótica 21 de Enero
Social Christian Party
Partido Social Cristiano
Institutional Renewal Party of National Action
Partido Renovador Institucional de Acción Nacional
Democratic People’s Movement
Movimiento Popular Democrático
Municipalist Movement for National Integrity
Movimiento Municipalista por la Integridad Nacional
Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New
Countr
PAIS
PSP
PSC
PRIAN
MPD
MMIN
MUPP–NP
Democratic socialism
Conservatism
Christian democracy
Right-wing populism
Communism
Indigenous rights
Democratic socialism
TheCitizenRevolution (RevoluciónCiudadana)
Citizen Revolution is a project supported by a
coalition of political and social movements along with
the President Rafael Correa and his Alianza PAIS
Movement . It seeks the implementation of socialism
in XXI century in Ecuador.
5 axes of the Citizen Revolution:
Constitutional Revolution
This document proposed the restructuring of
Congress and other state institutions through
a constituent assembly with full powers, whose
members were elected in 2007 by a popular vote.
This assembly was established in the town of
Montecristi, Manabi province. The primary goal was
to draft a new constitution that would politicize the
justice system (that was currently in the hands of
more traditional parties) amongst other objectives.
Correa himself defined Alianza PAIS as a social
movement rather than a political party. Below are the
political parties that are represented in Parliament:
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