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Weekly Report - 12 March 2026 (WR-26-10)
ECUADOR: Correísmo in existential legal battle
Ecuador’s main opposition party, the left-wing Revolución Ciudadana (RC) that was founded by former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017), was handed a nine-month suspension on 6 March as an investigation continues into its financing of the 2023 presidential campaign. RC has decried the suspension as an act of blatant authoritarianism by a judiciary that it claims is increasingly in hock to the wishes of President Daniel Noboa.
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