Resumen: La historia del Tribunal de la Inquisicion se extiende por varios siglos y varios continentes, sirviendo al control social y politico ejercido por parte de sectores conservadores vinculados al sistema feudal y colonial. De la Europa medieval viaja a la America colonial a traves de las autoridades espanolas. El Santo Oficio fue utilizado en America para controlar formas de vida y de pensamiento que no encajaban con la mentalidad catolica. Palabras clave: Inquisicion, herejia, criptojudios, conversos, marranos, control social, colonizacion, intolerancia, Iglesia Catolica. ********************************************************** On how Spain exported the Inquisition to its colonies in America Abstract: The history of the Inquisition Court spreads throughout many centuries and continnts, collaborating with social and political control handled by conservative sectors linked to the feudal and colonial system. This same institution travels from Medieval Europe to Colonial America through Spanish authorities. In America, the Holy Office was used to control the ways of living and thinking that did not adjust to the Catholic philosophy. Key words: Inquisition, social control, crypto jews, conversion, marranos, Catholic church, heresy, intolerance.