Lasso promoted an independent judiciary and free speech (the opposition and civil rights organizations consider judicial autonomy and press freedom to be threatened under the administration of President Rafael Correa).[31]
History
In the 2013 presidential election, Lasso was placed second with 22.7% of the votes, having been endorsed also by the Social Christian Party and the Madera de Guerrero movement of Guayaquil's mayor Jaime Nebot. In the simultaneous election for the National Assembly, the party won 11.4% of the votes and 11 out of 137 seats. Hence, it is the major opposition force in parliament.
In the 2014 local elections, CREO obtained 22 mayorships, including those of provincial capitals such as Azogues, Riobamba and Tena, besides the Loja prefecture. In that same year, CREO lead the creation of "Ecuador Compromise" (Compromiso Ecuador) formed by various opposition groups and guilds, including the Migrants Movement led by Luis Felipe Tilleria, and supported by several political figures from across the Ecuadorian political spectrum. The context of its creation was a government-sponsored project for a series of constitutional amendments by the National Assembly, which led to the opposition collective to unsuccessfully ask for a referendum on the matter, with special focus on the amendment that would pave the way for elected incumbents to seek indefinite reelection. In September 2016, CREO was admitted as member of the Union of Latin American Parties, the regional subsidiary of the International Democracy Union.[32]
Lasso ran as a candidate again in the 2021 general election.[34] In the first round, Lasso was slightly behind indigenous rights activist Yaku Pérez Guartambel, but eventually garnered enough votes to secure a narrow second-place finish.[35] Lasso would face socialist and Rafael Correa ally Andrés Arauz.[35] He defeated Arauz in the April run-off election, with many news outlets noting the conservative shift among the Ecuadorian electorate.[36] Lasso's victory was also seen as a win for free-market advocates in the country.[10][37] President-elect Lasso finished second in the 2013 and 2017 presidential elections.[38] On May 24, 2021, Guillermo Lasso was sworn in as the new President of Ecuador, becoming the country's first right-wing leader in 14 years.[39] In 2023, Lasso left presidency.[40]
Moncagatta, Paolo; Espinosa, Carlos (July 1, 2019). "No Country for the Right Wing? Actores, trayectoria, oferta y demanda de la derecha en Ecuador". Colombia Internacional (in Spanish) (99): 121–150. doi:10.7440/colombiaint99.2019.05. hdl:10230/55030. ISSN0121-5612. Tercero, la casi ausencia de oposición organizada en torno a Correa generó el espacio para el surgimiento de una nueva fuerza de derecha, el Movimiento CREO, que cobró fuerza a partir del 2013. [Third, the absence of organized opposition around Correa left space for the emergence of a new right-wing force, the CREO Movement, which gathered strength from 2013 onwards.]
Ellner, Steve (October 10, 2019). Latin America's Pink Tide: Breakthroughs and Shortcomings. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN978-1-5381-2564-9. On April 2, 2017, former vice president and AP candidate Lenín Moreno was elected president with 51.2 percent of the vote, defeating Guillermo Lasso of the right-wing Movimiento CREO (CREO Movement) party, who garnered 48.8 percent.
Corrêa, Sonia (July 7, 2021). Políticas Antigênero na América Latina (in Brazilian Portuguese). Nana Soares, FW2 Agência Digital, Rajnia de Vito, Angela de Freitas, Fernando Serrano, Gabriela Arguedas Ramirez, Maximiliano Campana, Isabela Kalil, Jaime Barrientos, Franklin Gil Hernández, Maria Amelia Viteri, Gloria Careaga, Luz Elena Aranda, Clyde Soto, Lilian Soto, Lilián Abracinskas, Santiago Puyol, Nicolás Iglesias, Stefanie Kreher, Mirta Moragas, Ana María Acosta, Elizabeth Otálvaro, Luisana Alvarado, Magaly Pazello, Mariana Carbajal. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinas de Aids - ABIA. ISBN978-65-87854-08-3. Para além das mobilizações sociais, as ideias antigênero e antiaborto penetraram profundamente nos partidos políticos e nas políticas estatais. Ainda 2016, o candidato presidencial de extrema-direita Guillermo Lasso, do partido Creando Oportunidades (CREO) – que em 2021 foi eleito presidente do Equador - sustentou um discurso forte de defesa da "família".
admin (May 2, 2023). "O declínio da direita no Equador: o processo de impeachment de Guillermo Lasso". Observatório de Política Externa e da Inserção Internacional do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved March 1, 2025. No centro está uma disputa entre partidários do ex-presidente Rafael Correa, de centro-esquerda, e a coalizão presidencial, solidamente ancorada na direita e da extrema-direita. [At the center is a dispute between supporters of former President Rafael Correa, from the center-left, and the presidential coalition, solidly anchored on the right and far right.]
