THE LATINITY OF THE CONCEPT OF LATIN AMERICA

In general, we assume in a naturalized way the designations and geographical delimitations of regions that we see on maps or that we use as reference of belonging and location, and barely question about the processes that have established these names and cartographic drawings. The concept of Latin America, usually used both in common language and in texts from newspapers and academic papers to denote only a geographic location holds, however, a strong political meaning. Based on the methodology of the History of Concepts and on the dialogue with the authors of the theoretical perspective of the pensamiento decolonial, this paper attempts to recover and clarify the political content and the content of the action in the world found in the concept of Latin America.