He was considered a main contender against Fujimori in the 2000 general election and was fiercely attacked by pro-government media, who successfully sought to diminish his popularity.

[3] At the legislative elections, held on 8 April 2001, the party won 5.8% of the popular vote and 4 out of 120 seats in the unicameral Congress of the Republic.

Despite the fact that all the voting intention polls put Andrade as the sure winner, Castañeda in a few weeks managed to tip the electorate in his favor.

In 2013, We Are Peru was involved in the revocation process of the mayor of Lima Susana Villarán and her councilors supporting the “no” option.

The party leadership made this decision appealing to considerations of democratic continuity and the need not to interfere in the public works that were being developed in the capital.

At the legislative elections held on 26 January 2020, after 14 years of participating in electoral coalitions and alliances, the party itself won 6.1% of the popular vote and 11 out of 130 seats in the Congress of the Republic.

[4] On 5 September 2020, Daniel Salaverry announced his official candidacy for the presidency of the Republic for the 2021 general election, under the We Are Peru party in which he had been affiliated since June of the same year.

In foreign policy, it opposes the use of force as a means of dispute resolution and is in favor of Latin American regional integration.

Regarding this position, Somos Peru adopts the approaches of the Theory of dependency and promotes integration as a means to collectively overcome underdevelopment.