This work has the objective to analyze some historical-social problems which affects the correct development of science and technology in Latin America across a brief sketch. The problems reviewed in this document are: The brain drain, the higher education, the role played by the international institutions, and the integration. This work reflects the relevant problems within the latin-American social context, many has been analyzed previously, every problem discussed and treated with latinamerican community and the worldon behalf of the southern societies, implies a new step to development not only in economical manner but also in social manner too, which must be consider of higher concern because the society it's responsible of the advance in economy and politics. The brain drain is a common phenomenon and that sometimes goes unnoticed but that science - technology and Society re-dresses a vital importance for the relation, ?Which are the causes of this drain?, ?how can it be avoid?, but generally this drain has as source the professionals graduated from the Higher education, another problem that has turned into source of profits and which real importance turns out to be cracked in spite of the fact that Many institutions have planned the development of the same one between their real objectives and their social function has been fulfilled in the reality, at last and finally the problems integrated since it can be perfectly the solution to these and others problematic that stop the social development of our nations, all that outlined of a brief way.
