Leftist Parties of Ecuador

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '02	OTHER
Citizens Movement New Country	Movimiento Ciudadanos Nuevo País	MCNP			left.soc.		20.30%	split of MUPP-NP in 1997
Communist Party of Ecuador	Partido Comunista del Ecuador	PCE	El Pueblo	e-mail	com.	ex-CI, ex-WMR	supported PS-FA	f. 1925 as Socialist Party
Democratic Left	Izquierda Democrática	ID		fax: +593-2-564436	soc. dem.	SI	supported MCNP	f. 1970
Green Horizon	Horizonte Verde			e-mail	green	FGPA	no part.
Humanist Party	Partido Humanista			e-mail			no part.
January 21 Patriotic Society Party	Partido Sociedad Patriótica 21 de Enero	PSP		e-mail	left. nat.		common list with MUPP-NP	f. 2000, led by Lucio Gutiérrez
Marxist Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador	Partido Comunista Marxista Leninista del Ecuador	PCMLE	En Marcha	e-mail	stal.	ex-Alb., ICMLPO[H], ICS	supported MPD	legal wing is MPD; f. 1964 as split from PCE
Democratic Popular Movement	Movimiento Popular Democrático	MPD	Patria Nueva, Opcion	e-mail	stal.	FSP	5.15%	front of PCMLE, f. 1978
Movement of the Revolutionary Left	Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria	MIR		e-mail	rad. left.		no part.	f. 1965
Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement - New Country	Movimiento Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik - Nuevo País	MUPP-NP		e-mail	left. indigenist		10.06% (list of MUPP-NP and PSP)	f. 1995
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Ecuador - People's Defenders	Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias del Ecuador - Defensoras del Pueblo	FARE-DP					no part.	pol.-mil.
Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Organization	Organización Socialista Revolucionaria de los Trabajadores	OSRT			tro.	SIQI	no part.
Workers' Party	Partido de los Trabajadores	PT			tro.	ILCWI	no part.	f. 1991
Revolutionary Workers Organization	Organización Revolucionaria de los Trabajadores	ORT			tro.	CITO	no part.
Socialist Democracy Current	Corriente Democracia Socialista		Buscando América	e-mail	tro.	USFI	no part.	f. 1992; active in MUPP-NP
Socialist Democracy - New Process	Democracia Socialista - Nuevo Proceso				tro.	USFI	no part.	split from Current for Socialist Democracy in 1997
Socialist Party-Broad Front	Partido Socialista-Frente Amplio	PS-FA		e-mail	rad. left.	CSL	1.95%	merger in 1995 of PS (f. 1933)and FA (f. 1977 as front of PCE)
Vanguard - Socialist Workers' Movement	Vanguardia - Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores		El Trabajador Socialista	e-mail	tro.	UIT, ex-LIT	no part.	f. 1977; active in MUPP-NP
Workers' Party	Partido de los Trabajadores	PT			tro.		no part.	f. 2000, led by Héctor Valdiviezo Brito
Workers' Party of Ecuador	Partido de los Trabajadores del Ecuador	PTE	Amanacer Insurgente	e-mail	stal.		no part.	split from PCMLE in 1996
*Results for the elections to the Parlamento Andino. Percentages for the parliamentary elections cannot be calculated because there were no national but only provincial lists. Many parties candidated in different alliances.