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
| 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}}}} |– |
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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
External links
{{Ecuadorian political parties}}
Category:Political parties established in 2018
Category:Political parties in Ecuador
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