Rivadeneira cited “training, organization, and political action” as the cornerstones of the upcoming term.  

After overcoming obstacles that sought to prevent the event from taking place, nearly four thousand members gathered for the event, where the internal elections were held.  

Outgoing RC president Luisa Gonzalez denounced the government for allegedly behind the legal impediments used to try to prevent the meeting.

  Following the internal vote, conducted via a digital application to increase participation, Rivadeneira was confirmed as the leader of RC and thanked her supporters.

  She also addressed the country’s security crisis, which ended 2025 as the most violent year in its history, and criticized the state of public health amid reports of shortages of medicines and supplies.

  She also called for a minute of silence for the crimes committed against citizens, national strike protesters, and members of the Citizen Revolution (RC) movement due to the “absence of the state,” including the case of Dario Vera, who was murdered while on his way to the convention.

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