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Creating Opportunities
Creando Oportunidades (CREO)
PresidentCésar Monge
FounderGuillermo Lasso
FoundedJanuary 2012
HeadquartersAv. Quito 2502 y Gomez Rendon, Guayaquil, Ecuador
IdeologyNational conservatism[1][2]
Ecuadorian nationalism
Economic liberalism[source?]
Populism
Political positionRight-wing[3][4]
Regional affiliationUnion of Latin American Parties
Seats in the National Assembly
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Creating Opportunities (Spanish name Creando Oportunidades, CREO, the acronym also being the Spanish word for "I believe") is an Ecuadorian political movement founded in January 2012[5] and participated in the 2013 presidential elections with Guillermo Lasso as their candidate for president.

References[change | change source]

  1. Profiles: Ecuador's leading presidential candidates, Xinhua, 17 February 2013
  2. Glickhouse, Rachel (15 February 2013), In Ecuador, an Expected Third-Term Win for Correa, Americas Society – Council of the Americas
  3. Beittel, June S. (July 2013), "Ecuador: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations" (PDF), CRS Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service, p. 3
  4. Terryn, Tristan (26 February 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
  5. CNE habilitó Movimiento CREO