This essay, whilst freely drawing on previous work by the author (SalmerÓn, 1991, 1992), endeavours to provide a more comprehensive view of the question of how philosophical analysis has been received in Latin America, throughout the entire process. Amongst other evident limitations, it is clearly impossible to present the full depth of the historical questions arising from this period of analytical contributions to the different national philosophical traditions; the terrain that we would wish to cover is so broad that no text of such dimensions could possibly include all the relevant facts. The essay provides a possible interpretation of an overview of philosophical activity in Latin America, without presuming to exhaustive coverage at any point. It presupposes, naturally, that such an interpretation would only enjoy the support necessary if backed up by an integral view of the history of ideas in Latin America during our century — a history that is yet to be written, but the complexity of which is acknowledged in other studies (for example, those brought together by Jorge Gracia in 1984 and in 1988-89).