The party was formed in March 2002, mostly by
market-oriented members of the
Radical Civic Union, headed by
Ricardo López Murphy. According to
Página 12, a
progressive newspaper, Recrear was a republican and honest
right-wing and López Murphy's dream was to expand the historic ten percent that the Argentine right-wing reaches in elections. The Recrear Federal Movement is a national alliance formed in 2003 between Recrear itself and the Federal Movement of various provincial parties – the
Salta Renewal Party, the
Democratic Progressive Party, the
Democratic Party of Mendoza, the Federal Party, the
Liberal Party of Corrientes, the
Democratic Party of the City of Buenos Aires, the Democratic Liberal Party of Córdoba, the
Catamarca Popular Movement, the Provincial Union of Entre Ríos, the Party of the Hope of the Province of Buenos Aires, the Independent Citizens of Tucumán and the Federal North of Jujuy. 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%. In 2005 the party formed an alliance with
Buenos Aires' party
Commitment to Change led by
Mauricio Macri. The alliance has attempted to form a wide-ranging
center-right front, especially with
Neuquén's party, the
Neuquino People's Movement (
Movimiento Popular Neuquino - MPN), for the
2005 parliamentary elections. Recrear and its allies won nine members of the
Argentine Chamber of Deputies, with those of some of Recrear's constituent provincial parties. 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). Following the election, López Murphy stood down from the leadership of the Party and in 2008, Congressman
Esteban Bullrich was elected to replace him. Bullrich backed the ongoing alliance with Macri and PRO, whilst López Murphy had backed
Castor López, calling for the autonomy of the Party. In April 2008, López Murphy resigned from the Party and later set up another new party, which has pursued closer ties with the
Civic Coalition. In August 2009, the party was finally absorbed by the
Republican Proposal. Recrear had observer status within both the
Liberal International, and the conservative
Union of Latin American Parties. In August 2020, more than a decade after Recrear was dissolved, López Murphy refounded the party for the
2021 Argentine legislative election. In November, Recrear, along with the Libertarian Party of Argentina, Mejorar, and Unidos, formed the Republicanos Unidos alliance. They have considered allying themselves with libertarian economist
José Luis Espert for the legislative election. ==Electoral history==