Until 2011 it was known as the National Conciliation Party (Spanish: Partido de Conciliación Nacional, PCN).

Today, it is considered relatively minor as compared with the three major organizations, ARENA, FMLN and Nuevas Ideas.

Its candidate in the presidential election of 21 March 2004, José Rafael Machuca Zelaya, won 2.7%.

[8] The party was de facto re-established, registering with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal as the National Coalition ('Concertación Nacional', CN) in September 2011.

[9] After one year, it added the word 'Partido' ("party") to its full name, which allowed it to again use the traditional acronym PCN.