RETO Movement

{{short description|Political party in Ecuador}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2013}}

{{Infobox political party

| native_name = Movimiento RETO

| logo = Reto ecuador.png

| logo_size = 175px

| leader = Paúl Carrasco

| president = Eduardo Sánchez

| ideology =

| registered = 2018

| website = {{URL|https://www.movimientoreto.com/}}

| country = Ecuador

| membership = 176,546 (2018){{cite web|title=CNE eliminó a cuatro movimientos observados por Contraloría; tras comprobar irregularidades en su inscripción|date=September 16, 2020 |url=https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/politica/cne-elimino-cuatro-movimientos-observados.html |accessdate=27 May 2021|language=es}}

| position = Centre-left{{Cite web |last1=Sweigart |first1=Emilie |last2=Franco |first2=Luiza |title=Ecuador: Meet the Candidates 2025 |url=https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/ecuador-meet-the-candidates-2025/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Americas Quarterly |language=en-US |quote=RC is running as part of a coalition with the center-left RETO movement in this election.}}

| slogan = "Accept RETO!"

| colorcode = {{party color|RETO Movement}}

| seats1_title = National Assembly

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|151|hex={{party color|Citizen Revolution}}}}

}}

The RETO Movement ({{Langx|es|Movimiento RETO}}; short for {{Lang|es|Movimiento Renovación Total}}, RETO) is an Ecuadorian political party. It was founded by former Azuay Prefect Paúl Carrasco in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://gk.city/2020/10/12/juntos-podemos/|title=¿Qué es Juntos Podemos, movimiento que lidera Paúl Carrasco?|accessdate=2021-05-24|date=2020-10-13|publisher=GK|language=es}} Though it is composed by multiple partisan coalitions, it is mainly centre-left.{{Cite web |last1=Sweigart |first1=Emilie |last2=Franco |first2=Luiza |title=Ecuador: Meet the Candidates 2025 |url=https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/ecuador-meet-the-candidates-2025/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Americas Quarterly |language=en-US |quote=RC is running as part of a coalition with the center-left RETO movement in this election.}}

For the 2023 Ecuadorian general election, the party endorsed Xavier Hervas.{{cite web|url=https://www.lahora.com.ec/pais/binomio-presidencial-xavier-hervas-luz-marina-vega-queda-en-firme-cne-nego-objecion-de-la-revolucion-ciudadana/|title=Binomio presidencial Xavier Hervas-Luz Marina Vega queda en firme; CNE negó objeción de la Revolución Ciudadana|publisher=La Hora|accessdate=20 June 2023|date=19 June 2023|language=es}}

Election results

=National Assembly elections=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Election

!Leader

!Votes

!%

!Seats

!+/–

2023

| rowspan="2" |Paúl Carrasco

|141,577

|1.69

|{{Composition bar|0|137|{{party color|RETO Movement}}}}

|

2025{{Efn|Ran in coalition with the Citizen Revolution Movement, gained 1 seat}}

|3,764,096

|41.32

|{{Composition bar|1|151|{{party color|RETO Movement}}}}

|{{Increase}} 1

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References