On February 5, Revolución Ciudadana (RC5), the political party led by former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa, a leftist who was in office from 2007 to 2017, won significant victories in municipal and regional elections. RC5 candidates triumphed throughout the country but, most significantly, were elected mayors of Ecuador's largest cities:
Las elecciones en Ecuador desenmascaran la deshonestidad de los medios occidentales
El expresidente Rafael Correa, un crítico abierto del imperialismo moderno, ha sido duramente perseguido por los medios occidentales por romper con el neoliberalismo y la sumisión tradicional de Ecuador a Washington.