In this document an approach will be made to the historical circumstances of being Latin American.Latin America as the fundamentals to understand the reality of dependence and subordination suffered even today by the inhabitants of the territories once subjected to Spanish rule.It is important to add that each of these events of the past account for a project with its respective philosophical justification, these are: the Christian-European of colonization, whose high point was the controversy between Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda and Bartolomé de Las Casas, the rationalizer of Modernity and the libertarian, launched once the political, economic and administrative emancipation of Spain was achieved.