Is Correísmo left wing or right wing?

On economic organisation Correísmo scores −06 on a scale from −10 (common ownership) to +10 (private property and markets). On social and cultural order it scores 00. A single left–right figure combines these and four further measurements that move independently, which is why the atlas reports six.

Is Correísmo authoritarian?

On the organisation of power, which measures whether authority is dispersed among institutions that can stop each other or concentrated in a single centre, Correísmo scores +06. New constitution by assembly, judicial council restructured, criminal defamation used against journalists.

Atlas / Organisations / Correísmo

Correísmo

Citizens' Revolution · 2007– · Ecuador · Left Populist · Held state power · coding confidence medium

−06ECcollective

00CUbalanced

+06AUmonist

+06SCcentral

+02IDascriptive

00CHbalanced

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

Twenty-first century socialism financed by oil, delivering infrastructure and poverty reduction alongside pressure on the press and courts.

Economic model

Renegotiated oil contracts, large public investment, dollarised currency retained, default on part of the foreign debt.

Organisation of powers

New constitution by assembly, judicial council restructured, criminal defamation used against journalists.

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The evidence for every score

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EC · Economic organisation · scored −06

Coded −6: oil-financed public investment and a partial debt default.

Documented act or statuteEcuador defaulted on part of its foreign debt in 2008 after declaring it illegitimate.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored 00

Coded at zero: a socially conservative left, opposed to abortion liberalisation.

Documented act or statuteThe president threatened to resign over abortion decriminalisation in 2013.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +06

Coded +6: a constituent assembly followed by pressure on courts and press.

Documented act or statuteThe judicial council was restructured in 2011 by referendum; criminal defamation was used against a newspaper in 2011.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +06

Coded +6: recentralisation of planning and revenue.

Documented act or statuteThe 2008 constitution strengthened central planning authority over sub-national government.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +02

Coded +2: a citizens' revolution frame with universal citizenship in the constitution.

Programme textThe 2008 constitution declares universal citizenship and the free movement of people.

CH · Method and tempo · scored 00

Coded at zero: electoral, with a constituent assembly and a default.

Documented act or statuteWon three presidential elections and left office at the end of his term in 2017.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Ecuador

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Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Correísmo. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/correismo/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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