After Íngrid Betancourt, one of its most prominent members, was kidnapped in 2002, the party's popular support began to fade.

[1] After her rescue in 2008, Betancourt moved to France, but returned to Colombia in to relaunch her political career.

[2] The party initially joined the Hope Center Coalition, with Betancourt and Carlos Amaya [es] as its candidates in the coalition primaries for the 2022 Colombian presidential election.

However, the party quickly left the coalition over disagreements on government support.

[3] A few months later, the party’s two elected members, Humberto de La Calle and Daniel Carvalho were expelled from the party due to differing views on Green policies.