ABSTRACT
After a decade in power, on May 24, 2017, Rafael Correa placed the presidential sash on his former vice president and chosen successor, Lenin Moreno, and return to civilian life. Correa defined and shaped the political project known as the Citizens' Revolution. Moreno's win removes the immediate threat of a dismantling of Correa's political project by the right. He ran on the promise to protect and deepen many of the social gains achieved by the Citizen's Revolution, but also to govern in a more conciliatory manner. If he is able to mend ties with social movements and parties on the left that moved into the opposition in reaction to Correa, he may be able to renew the party. But he will have to govern under more difficult economic circumstances and will certainly face challenges in keeping his party and movement united once the domineering and galvanizing figure of Correa is no longer at the forefront of the political project.
