[4] He maintains that he tried with Recrear "to have a serious liberal party, organized as in the advanced democracies of the world, which continues with the traditions of Juan Bautista Alberdi and Leandro Alem.

[19] The party was formed in March 2002, mostly by market-oriented members of the Radical Civic Union, headed by Ricardo López Murphy.

López Murphy as the movement's presidential candidate and Ricardo Gómez Diez of Salta for vice-president in the 2003 elections, ending in third place with 18%.

López Murphy subsequently fell out with Jorge Sobisch, leader of the MPN, and formally teamed up with Commitment to Change to form a new centre-right electoral front, Republican Proposal (PRO).

In August 2020, more than a decade after Recrear was dissolved, López Murphy refounded the party for the 2021 Argentine legislative election.