Creating Opportunities

Creating Opportunities
Creando Oportunidades (CREO)
AbbreviationCREO
PresidentEsteban Bernal
FounderGuillermo Lasso
Founded20 August 2012; 12 years ago (2012-08-20)
HeadquartersAv. Quito 2502 y Gomez Rendon, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Membership184,299 (2016) [1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right
Regional affiliationUnion of Latin American Parties[2]
International affiliationInternational Democracy Union[3]
Seats in the National Assembly
0 / 137
Prefects
0 / 23
Mayors
24 / 221
Website
creo.com.ec

Creating Opportunities (Spanish: Creando Oportunidades, CREO; the acronym means lit.'I believe', and also means lit.'I create') is a centre-right[4][5][6] political party in Ecuador.[7] In the 2021 general election, its leader, Guillermo Lasso was elected for president.[8]

  1. ^ Telégrafo, El (September 6, 2016). "3,5 millones de firmas avalan a 16 grupos políticos". El Telégrafo.
  2. ^ "Partidos Miembros". Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  3. ^ https://www.idu.org/members/ [bare URL]
  4. ^ Beittel, June S. (July 2013), "Ecuador: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations" (PDF), CRS Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service, p. 3
  5. ^ Terryn, Tristan (February 26, 2013), In Ecuador, a decisive victory for President Rafael Correa consolidates the 'Citizen's Revolution' (PDF), Policy Department, Directorate-General for External Policies, p. 1
  6. ^ "Lasso, el conservador que giró al centro político para presidir Ecuador".
  7. ^ "El CNE habilitó al movimiento CREO". El Universo. January 23, 2012.
  8. ^ Dube, Ryan (April 11, 2021). "Ecuador's Guillermo Lasso Wins Presidential Election". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 13, 2021.