Unlike what happens with Euro-American communication theories, those developed by Latin American authors (expressed in this article in theoretical approaches) are manifestly inscribed in the problems and challenges of the region. This means that they are characterized by a critical conception and are guided by future designs that anticipate a democratic society with rights. This vision is presented here as a product of the analysis of a set of conceptualization proposals of communication made by thinkers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela during the decades from 1960 to 2000. This situated theorization, which defines a communication based on dialogue, with participation and on conditions of equality, is the basis of what is here considered the Latin American communication episteme.