Creating Opportunities

Creating Opportunities

Creando Oportunidades
Creating Opportunities Creando Oportunidades
Abbreviation	CREO
Leader	Guillermo Lasso
President	Juan Fernando Flores
Founder	Guillermo Lasso
Founded	20 August 2012
Preceded by	Popular Democracy
Headquarters	Av. Quito 2502 y Gomez Rendon, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Think tank	Free Ecuador Foundation
Youth wing	Jóvenes CREO
Membership	184,299 (2016)
Ideology	Conservatism; Liberal conservatism; Classical liberalism;
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
Regional affiliation	Union of Latin American Parties
International affiliation	International Democracy Union
Seats in the National Assembly	0 / 151
Prefects	0 / 23
Mayors	20 / 221
Website
	creo.com.ec
	Politics of Ecuador; Political parties; Elections;

Creating Opportunities (Spanish: Creando Oportunidades, CREO, the acronym means lit. 'I believe', and also means lit. 'I create') is a centre-right to right-wing political party in Ecuador.^[20] In the 2021 general election, its leader, Guillermo Lasso was elected for president.^[21]

^ Telégrafo, El (September 6, 2016). "3,5 millones de firmas avalan a 16 grupos políticos". El Telégrafo.
^ Roberts, Kenneth M. (2014). Changing Course in Latin America. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-85687-4.
^ Profiles: Ecuador's leading presidential candidates, Xinhua, February 17, 2013
^ Glickhouse, Rachel (February 15, 2013), In Ecuador, an Expected Third-Term Win for Correa, Americas Society – Council of the Americas
^ Guillermo Lasso, un conservador que promete cambios, El País, April 11, 2021
^ "El conservador Guillermo Lasso ganó y será el próximo presidente de Ecuador". April 11, 2021.
^ "Conservador Guillermo Lasso asume las riendas de Ecuador". La Nación. May 24, 2021.
^ "Remontada histórica del conservador Guillermo Lasso y varapalo al correísmo en las elecciones de Ecuador". April 12, 2021.
^ "Guillermo Lasso: Mi vida me hizo liberal". El Universo (in Spanish). May 9, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
^ "Ecuador's Guillermo Lasso Wins Presidential Election". The Wall Street Journal. April 11, 2021.
^ "El liberal que puede tumbar el socialismo en Ecuador... Si no hay 'pucherazo'". February 22, 2017.
^ "Ecuador inicia un giro liberal". April 12, 2021.
^ Beittel, June S. (July 2013), "Ecuador: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations" (PDF), CRS Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service, p. 3
^ 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
^ "Lasso, el conservador que giró al centro político para presidir Ecuador".
^
- Navia, Patricio; Reguero, Sebastián Umpiérrez de (June 8, 2021). "CREO: El ascenso y los desafíos de consolidación del partido político de derecha emergente en Ecuador (2013–2021)". Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política (in Spanish). 30 (1): 49–77. ISSN 1688-499X.
- 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. ISSN 0121-5612. 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.]
- PhD, Gilad James. Introduction to Ecuador. Gilad James Mystery School. ISBN 978-0-227-13753-6. Guillermo Lasso, candidate of the right-wing CREO party, won the elections, defeating Andrés Arauz, candidate of the left-wing Alliance for Hope.
- Ellner, Steve (October 10, 2019). Latin America's Pink Tide: Breakthroughs and Shortcomings. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-2564-9. 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. ISBN 978-65-87854-08-3. 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".
- Hernández Vicencio, Tania; Bussoletti, Andrea (2024). Derechas e izquierdas en el siglo XXI : debates generales y estudios de caso. Instituto Electoral del Estado de Guanajuato. ISBN 978-607-69631-4-2. See table 2 "Principales partidos de derecha radical en América Latina".
- 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.]
- Univision, Equipo (April 2, 2017). "¿Quiénes son los candidatos para la presidencia de Ecuador?". Univision Noticias.
^ "Partidos Miembros". Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ "Members | International Democracy Union". February 2018.
^ "El CNE habilitó al movimiento CREO". El Universo. January 23, 2012.
^ Dube, Ryan (April 11, 2021). "Ecuador's Guillermo Lasso Wins Presidential Election". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 13, 2021.

[1] Telégrafo, El (September 6, 2016). "3,5 millones de firmas avalan a 16 grupos políticos". El Telégrafo.

[2] Roberts, Kenneth M. (2014). Changing Course in Latin America. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-85687-4.

[3] Profiles: Ecuador's leading presidential candidates, Xinhua, February 17, 2013

[4] Glickhouse, Rachel (February 15, 2013), In Ecuador, an Expected Third-Term Win for Correa, Americas Society – Council of the Americas

[5] Guillermo Lasso, un conservador que promete cambios, El País, April 11, 2021

[6] "El conservador Guillermo Lasso ganó y será el próximo presidente de Ecuador". April 11, 2021.

[7] "Conservador Guillermo Lasso asume las riendas de Ecuador". La Nación. May 24, 2021.

[8] "Remontada histórica del conservador Guillermo Lasso y varapalo al correísmo en las elecciones de Ecuador". April 12, 2021.

[:0-9] "Guillermo Lasso: Mi vida me hizo liberal". El Universo (in Spanish). May 9, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

[WSJ-10] "Ecuador's Guillermo Lasso Wins Presidential Election". The Wall Street Journal. April 11, 2021.

[11] "El liberal que puede tumbar el socialismo en Ecuador... Si no hay 'pucherazo'". February 22, 2017.

[12] "Ecuador inicia un giro liberal". April 12, 2021.

[13] Beittel, June S. (July 2013), "Ecuador: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations" (PDF), CRS Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service, p. 3

[14] 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

[15] "Lasso, el conservador que giró al centro político para presidir Ecuador".

[16] 
Navia, Patricio; Reguero, Sebastián Umpiérrez de (June 8, 2021). "CREO: El ascenso y los desafíos de consolidación del partido político de derecha emergente en Ecuador (2013–2021)". Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política (in Spanish). 30 (1): 49–77. ISSN 1688-499X.
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. ISSN 0121-5612. 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.]
PhD, Gilad James. Introduction to Ecuador. Gilad James Mystery School. ISBN 978-0-227-13753-6. Guillermo Lasso, candidate of the right-wing CREO party, won the elections, defeating Andrés Arauz, candidate of the left-wing Alliance for Hope.
Ellner, Steve (October 10, 2019). Latin America's Pink Tide: Breakthroughs and Shortcomings. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-2564-9. 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.

[17] Navia, Patricio; Reguero, Sebastián Umpiérrez de (June 8, 2021). "CREO: El ascenso y los desafíos de consolidación del partido político de derecha emergente en Ecuador (2013–2021)". Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política (in Spanish). 30 (1): 49–77. ISSN 1688-499X.

[18] 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. ISSN 0121-5612. 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.]

[19] PhD, Gilad James. Introduction to Ecuador. Gilad James Mystery School. ISBN 978-0-227-13753-6. Guillermo Lasso, candidate of the right-wing CREO party, won the elections, defeating Andrés Arauz, candidate of the left-wing Alliance for Hope.

[20] Ellner, Steve (October 10, 2019). Latin America's Pink Tide: Breakthroughs and Shortcomings. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-2564-9. 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.

[17] 
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. ISBN 978-65-87854-08-3. 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".
Hernández Vicencio, Tania; Bussoletti, Andrea (2024). Derechas e izquierdas en el siglo XXI : debates generales y estudios de caso. Instituto Electoral del Estado de Guanajuato. ISBN 978-607-69631-4-2. See table 2 "Principales partidos de derecha radical en América Latina".
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.]
Univision, Equipo (April 2, 2017). "¿Quiénes son los candidatos para la presidencia de Ecuador?". Univision Noticias.

[22] 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. ISBN 978-65-87854-08-3. 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".

[23] Hernández Vicencio, Tania; Bussoletti, Andrea (2024). Derechas e izquierdas en el siglo XXI : debates generales y estudios de caso. Instituto Electoral del Estado de Guanajuato. ISBN 978-607-69631-4-2. See table 2 "Principales partidos de derecha radical en América Latina".

[24] (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.]

[25] Univision, Equipo (April 2, 2017). "¿Quiénes son los candidatos para la presidencia de Ecuador?". Univision Noticias.

[18] "Partidos Miembros". Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[19] "Members | International Democracy Union". February 2018.

[20] "El CNE habilitó al movimiento CREO". El Universo. January 23, 2012.

[21] Dube, Ryan (April 11, 2021). "Ecuador's Guillermo Lasso Wins Presidential Election". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 13, 2021.

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