The movement emerged in 1991 after the guarantees provided by the new National Constitution, it was made up of indigenous people, peasants, community leaders from popular neighborhoods of Popayán, a women's organization and the amnestied indigenous people of the Quintín Lame Armed Movement, who aspired to become a new political alternative.

The first Assembly was held in the indigenous community of Yaguará, municipality of Chaparral, Tolima.

The party endorsed the candidacy of Antanas Mockus for the Presidency of the Republic in the 2006 elections.

The party's leader is the indigenous senator Marco Avirama, and its president is the Antioqueño Alonso Tobón.

On December 2, 2005, the movement announced its support for Antanas Mockus in the 2006 presidential campaign.