[2] The political party was founded by Eduardo Díaz Herrera in 1987,[3] presenting the charter before the Chilean Electoral Service on April 21 of that year.

It was officially declared as "forming party" on May 23, 1987, which had a period of 210 days to register the minimum number of members.

[5] The party supported the candidacy of Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera for the presidency of the Republic of Chile in 1989.

[4] The party was initially enrolled in the regions of Araucanía, Los Lagos and Aysén, all of southern Chile, returning to its regionalist essence.

[6] In 1996, it returned to compete with an own list, this time in the municipal election of that year, under the name of "Independent South", winning two mayors (Eduardo Díaz Herrera in Toltén and Walter van Haidorp Montero in Saavedra) and seven councilors.