Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country

Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik - Nuevo País ( MUPP -NP ) is the name of a party in Ecuador, which is allied with the indigenous umbrella organization CONAIE and the interests of the indigenous population represents all of Ecuador. The name is derived from the Kichwa word Pachakuti, which means " turning point ."

The party was founded on 19 May 1996 and with several deputies represented for the next parliamentary elections continuously in the National Congress, including Luis Macas, until 1996 Chairman of the CONAIE, and the lawyer Nina Pacari.

In the period following the party succeeded also to conquer several mayors, so by the founding members Auki Tituaña in Cotacachi (1996) and Mario Conejo Maldonado in Otavalo ( 2000). In the 2004 municipal elections Pachakutik already won 17 municipios.

Caused a stir Pachakutik, when she and Luis Macas as Minister of Agriculture and Nina Pacari as Secretary of State in 2002 a coalition with the Partido Sociedad Patriótica by Lucio Gutiérrez received and these again left only three months later, which in the long term ' led to the fall Gutiérrez, the changing in the aftermath unstable political alliances entered.

The unclear relationship to the governments of Ecuador, as well as the selected end of 2006, President Rafael Correa, has led to a weakening of the party. A number of politicians left the party again, so also Otavalo Mayor Mario Conejo Maldonado. In subsequent elections Pachakutik suffered some setbacks, so in the presidential elections in 2006 and local elections in 2009.