ABSTRACT
The most significant common element among Latin American countries is the fact that they have been either Spanish or Portuguese colonies since the discovery of America by Europeans at the close of the fifteenth century, up to the early nineteenth century. The challenge of Latin America: religious freedom in Latin America is, thus, to complete this passage from religious uniformity to such religious plurality as exists today, by providing plurality with adequate acknowledgement and legal scaffolding. This also includes: Latin America is to design a proper legal framework for the newly rediscovered religious ways, the indigenous religions that existed prior to the colonization; Latin America lies in finding the exact place for religion in the public sphere. This also includes: Latin America lies in the full acceptance of religious freedom as a fundamental human right, with the resulting acceptance of the practical consequences of such definition.
