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Social housing production was one of the emblems of the Ecuadorian policy of the "Citizen Revolution" chaired by Rafael Correa for 10 years. From the case of Ecuador, it is analyzed how progressive governments applied policies in the field of social housing and urban development. This article tracks the scales of application these social policies had regarding neoliberalism, from the point of view of the violence and responses that the process provoked. In Quito, families organized to obtain the promised homes after years of waiting. In Guayaquil, police violence displaced entire neighborhoods to achieve urban renewal through an ecological plan. In Portoviejo, from the earthquake of 2016, the center was converted, and the houses were moved to the periphery. From an historic, spatial, and qualitative methodology, this analysis shows the limitations of the proposals of the progressive governments, and the popular organization to avoid displacement towards the peripheries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As the Critical Geography Collective of Ecuador, we have collaborated with socio-territorial movements in struggles for their territories. Based on our work in four communities in Ecuador, this article aims to expand the conceptualization of new forms of resistance developed by movements in processes of reterritorialization. These forms of resistance challenge not only processes of capitalist accumulation, but also patriarchal, racist, and colonial dynamics. From the perspective of Latin American feminist geography, we discuss the potential of socio-territorial movements to recreate meanings of territory based on intersectional and multiscalar understandings of their struggles in the construction of plural territories of life. [End Page 265] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As the Critical Geography Collective of Ecuador we have accompanied socio-territorial movements in struggles for their territories. Based on our work in four communities in Ecuador, this article aims to extend the conceptualization of new forms of resistance developed by movements in processes of reterritorialization. These forms of resistance challenge not only processes of capitalist accumulation, but also patriarchal, racist, and colonial dynamics. From the perspective [End Page 87] of feminist Latin American geography, we discuss the potential of socio-territorial movements to recreate meanings of territory based on intersectional and multi-scalar understandings of their struggles in the construction of plural territories of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]