Plurinational Unity of the Lefts (Unidad Plurinacional de las Izquierdas) was a left-wing political coalition in Ecuador, created in 2011 and Dissolved in 2014.
History In 2009, Pachakutik and the Democratic People's Movement (MPD) broke with the ruling PAIS Alliance over disagreements on water law and teacher evaluations. In the National Assembly, a new caucus formed called the Plurinational, Progressive, and Leftist Democratic Assembly, composed of Pachakutik and MPD assemblymen and assemblywomen.
2011 Referendum Plurinational Unity of the Lefts participated in the referendum and popular consultation of 2011, advising a "no" vote on questions 1–9, and "yes" on 10. They used the slogan "Not this time, President" recognizing their past support of President Correa's proposals, but conveying their support was over.
Protests of 2012
Beginning on 8 March 2012, Plurinational Unity of the Lefts participated in a series of peaceful protests, commonly called the 8-M Movement, by indigenous groups, left-wing opponents of the government, environmental groups, LGBT groups, and students, which culminated in the arrival of more than 30,000 people in the streets of Ecuador.
2014 Dissolution After a failure to consolidate for the February 2014 elections, the coalition was dissolved.
Participating Parties The coalition comprised the following ten parties (in alphabetical order): Democratic People's Movement Ethics and Democracy Network Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador Montecristi Lives Movement Convocation Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country Participation Movement Party of Revolutionary Socialism Participa Movement Radical Democracy Popular Power
Electoral Results National Assembly National Assembly Election year # ofoverall votes % ofoverall vote # ofoverall seats won 2013 4,149,243 4.73
Presidential Presidency Election year Candidate # ofoverall votes % ofoverall vote 2013 Alberto Acosta 280,539 3.26
See also PAIS Alliance
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