Popular Unity (Ecuador)
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The Popular Unity Movement (UP) (in Spanish: Movimiento Unidad Popular) is an Ecuadorian political movement of the revolutionary left close to Marxism-Leninism to be conformed with the electoral wing of the Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador.[1] Member of the National Agreement for Change.
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Popular Unity Unidad Popular | |
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Director | Geovanni Atarihuana |
Deputy Director | Mery Zamora |
Founded | September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27) |
Preceded by | MPD |
Headquarters | Manuel Larrea and Jose Riofrio, Quito |
Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism Revolutionary socialism Anti-imperialism |
Political position | Far-left |
National affiliation | PCMLE |
Colours | Red |
Seats in the National Assembly | 1 / 137 |
Provincial Prefects | 1 / 23 |
Mayors | 13 / 221 |
Website | |
It arose after the CNE removed the Democratic People's Movement from its legal status after declaring the existence of poor electoral results on the part of this party.[2] The members of the previous party formed Unidad Popular to replace the old MPD, in which they would continue their political work.[3][4]
The party has a special stronghold in the province of Esmeraldas, where they held the provincial government from 2005 to 2019.