Throughout this work, four aspects of the economic history of Latin America have been discussed with special emphasis. The first has been the achievements in development, with their chiaroscuro on the international comparative level. The second aspect has been that of economic instability, associated with its forms of international specialization, where natural resources still predominate, and unstable access to international financing. The third has been the slow gestation of modern political and economic institutions and the great variations in economic policies and development models that have accompanied them. The fourth is that of inequality, a field in which Latin America presents more serious problems than other regions. Let's...