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PAIS Alliance is a democratic socialist political movement in Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

 led by the incumbent President of Ecuador Rafael Correa
Rafael Correa
Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado born is the President of the Republic of Ecuador and was the president pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations. An economist educated in Ecuador, Belgium and the United States, he was elected President in late 2006 and took office in January 2007...

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Background

The beginnings of Alliance PAIS can go back a year 1999, when Ricardo Patiño impelled, together with Alberto Acosta, Patricia Dávila, Ivonne Benítez and other, the creation of Jubilee 2000 Net Guayaquil, an organization of the civil corporation that investigates, denounces and it looks for to solve the distressing topic of the Ecuadorian foreign Debt, also in which were integrated Rafael Correa, Gustavo Larrea, Fander Falconí.
Alliance PAIS is due to its initial structure to movements like: Civic initiative, National Democratic Action, Alliance Bolivariana Alfarista, and the same Jubilee 2000.
The current configuration of this movement is given with the participation of the Ecuadorian Socialist Party
Ecuadorian Socialist Party-Broad Front
The Socialist Party – Broad Front of Ecuador is a leftist political party in Ecuador.At the legislative elections, 20 October 2002, the party won at least 1 out of 100 seats...

, humanist movements and social bases.

Main members of the party

The president of the party is Rafael Correa, among other important leaders at the present time can stand out: Lenin Moreno vice-president from the Ecuador, the president of National Assembly Fernando Cordero, the Alcalde of Quito Augusto Barrera, the assemblymen Fernando Bustamante, Aminta Buenaño, the ex secretary of planning Fander Falconí and the chancellor of the republic Ricardo Patiño.

National directive

The 22 vowels of the National Directive are Ricardo Patiño, Doris Soliz, Augusto
Barrera, Irina Cabezas, Fernando Cordero, Nancy Morocho, Fander Falconí, María Luisa Moreno, Roberto Cuero, Ximena Ponce, Juan Arcos, Roxana Alvarado, Miguel Carvajal, Dora Aguirre, Jorge Loor, Gabriela Rivadeneira, Diego Borja, Patricia Sarzoza, Gustavo Baroja, Andrea Gonzaga, Leonardo Vicuña and Olguita Mejía.

Commission of Ethics: Karla Chávez, Carlos Marx and Galo Borja. The Electoral Commission: Mayerli Vásquez, Paúl Granda and Xavier Ponce.
PAIS Alliance publishes El Ciudadano and the young wing of the AP is the Juventudes Alianza País.

First Period

PAIS ("Proud and Sovereign Fatherland Alliance") was founded by Rafael Correa at the start of 2006 Presidential campaign. The movement espouses political sovereignty, regional integration, and economic relief for Ecuador's poor.
During the campaign, Correa proposed a constituent assembly
Constituent assembly
A constituent assembly is a body composed for the purpose of drafting or adopting a constitution...

 to rewrite Ecuador's constitution
Constitution
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...

. Alianza PAIS did not run any congressional candidates, as Correa had stated that he would call for a referendum
Referendum
A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...

 to begin drafting a new constitution. However, the Alianza PAIS movement signed a political alliance with the Ecuadorian Socialist Party
Ecuadorian Socialist Party-Broad Front
The Socialist Party – Broad Front of Ecuador is a leftist political party in Ecuador.At the legislative elections, 20 October 2002, the party won at least 1 out of 100 seats...

, which did present candidates for Congress.

In the 15 October 2006 general election Correa obtained second place (22.84%) behind banana tycoon Álvaro Noboa
Álvaro Noboa
Álvaro Fernando Noboa Pontón is an Ecuadoran businessman and politician.Noboa has been actively involved in politics, unsuccessfully running for the office of President of Ecuador in 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2009...

 (26.83%). Correa won the subsequent 26 November 2006 runoff election with 56.67% of the vote. He took office on 15 January 2007.

Constituent referendum

On 15 April, Ecuadoreans voted overwhelmingly (81.72% in favor) to support the election of a constituent assembly.

Constituent Assembly election

As a result in the national election
Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election, 2007
On 30 September 2007 an election for a Constituent Assembly was held in Ecuador following the referendum on this issue successfully held on 15 April 2007...

, President Correa won backing for his plans to rewrite Ecuador's constitution and expand state control of the nation's economy. Correa's faction won approximately 61% of the seats in the National Assembly (80 of 130 Assembly Members).
The Constituent Assembly was originally led by Alianza PAIS member Alberto Acosta, who was then replaced by another PAIS member, Fernando Cordero
Fernando Cordero Cueva
Fernando Cordero Cueva is an Ecuadorian politician and architect. He is the former mayor of Cuenca, Ecuador, former Member of the Ecuadorian Congress and former President of the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly 2007. He is also publicly known as "Corcho" Cordero.Cordero was born 1952 in Cuenca the...

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constitutional referendum

A constitutional referendum
Ecuadorian constitutional referendum, 2008
A constitutional referendum was held in Ecuador on 28 September 2008 to ratify or reject the constitution drafted by the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly elected in 2007. Partial results show that 64% of voters voted to approve the new constitution....

 was held in Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

 on 28 September 2008 to ratify or reject the constitution drafted by the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly
Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly
The Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly was a 2007-2008 constitutional assembly in Ecuador, which drafted the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador, approved via the Ecuadorian constitutional referendum, 2008....

 elected in 2007
Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election, 2007
On 30 September 2007 an election for a Constituent Assembly was held in Ecuador following the referendum on this issue successfully held on 15 April 2007...

. Partial results show that 64% of voters voted to approve the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador.

Primary Elections

For the first time in the political history of the Ecuador, a political party organizes and it selects its candidates by means of some primary elections. Alliance PAIS, organized the primary elections for January 25 2009, in the whole country. The objective was that the members to the political movement can say that candidate would be postulated for the elections of April 26 2009.

General Elections

Rafael Correa was re-elected for a second term in general election
Ecuadorian general election, 2009
An early general election was held on 26 April 2009 in Ecuador following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum held on 28 September 2008. President Rafael Correa ran for his first term under the new constitution...

 in 26 April 2009. It was the first time in thirty years that the country had re-elected a president. PAIS also won the largest legislative block in the National Assembly, although not a majority.

In the elections for the Andean parliament. Alliance PAIS obtains 3 of 5 parliamentarian.

It was ratified in November from the 2010 to Rafael Correa like president of this movement and it was designated to Galo Mora first secretary-general.

Political project

Their political project is denominated the Revolución Ciudadana and it is synthesized in five axes that are: Political revolution, Economic Revolution, Ethical Revolution, Social, Educational Revolution and of Health, Revolution for the Latin American Integration. With these postulates the movement PAIS seeks to transform to the Ecuador toward the socialism of the XXI century.

PAIS has an approximate membership of 1.5 million people as of 2011.

Alianza PAIS occupies the slot of party number 35 on the Ecuadorian ballot. The colours of Alianza PAIS are lime green or lemon yellow, and navy blue. The slogan for the 2007 elections "Dale Patria" literally means "Go Fatherland".

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