Prominent political figures on the right, such as Jaime Nebot and the Social Christian Party, Guillermo Lasso and the conservative CREO party, and former President Abdala Bucaram, who was removed from office on the grounds of and embezzlement, all actively campaigned in support of the 'Yes' vote. The reactionary nature of Moreno's government became more apparent when analysing the different groups and individuals that pledged to support the 'Yes' vote for each question. The main goal of the referendum was to block Correa’s eventual return to power by banning re-election.

Moreno gained support for institutional changes through a seven-part referendum, carried out in February 2018 without the approval of the constitutional court. Ecuador would remain a part of the pink tide that swept the region in the past two decades, not following the right-wing shift that took place in 2016 in Argentina and Brazil.įor many supporters of former President Rafael Correa, the February 2018 referendum marked yet another attempt by the increasingly right-wing administration of Lenin Moreno to dismantle the legacy and the achievements of the country's 10-year-long process of change. While US President Franklin Roosevelt is perhaps the most well-known elected official with a disability - he used a wheelchair after polio left him largely unable to walk without great effort - his paraplegia was actively downplayed and largely made invisible to the American people.Īs Rafael Correa departed after 10 years of consecutive rule and a number of social gains made under the Citizens’ Revolution, the victory for Moreno was seen as key not only for Ecuador but for the wider Latin American region. Ecuador made history by choosing a prominent disability rights activist as the world’s first head of state elected with open paraplegia. Lenín Voltaire Moreno Garces Lenin Moreno, won the Ecuadorean presidential election 02 April 2017.

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