2019年，厄瓜多尔政治格局严重分化，结构改革难以顺利推进。经济紧缩政策引发大规模社会抗议和骚乱。厄瓜多尔经济衰退，财政赤字规模大。政府与国际货币基金组织及其他多边金融机构达成贷款计划，推进经济结构改革，振兴经济。在对外关系领域，莫雷诺政府持亲西方外交政策，与美国日益亲近。同时，莫雷诺实行多元化外交，以摆脱对石油的依赖，实现经济多样化。
Ecuador’s political landscape is highly fragmented，which impeded the planned structural reforms. Economic austerity policies have sparked massive social protests and riots. In 2019，Ecuador’s economy was in recession. The government hoped that the loan agreement with IMF and other multilateral financial institutions would contribute to advance economic structural reforms and revitalize the economy. In the field of foreign relations，the Moreno administration develops the pro-Western foreign policy stance，building closer diplomatic and economic co-operation with the US. At the same time President Moreno advocate plural diplomacy links in order to get rid of the dependence on oil and achieve economic diversification.
