ABSTRACT
Decades ago different schools of psychoanalysis were established in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, and other Latin countries, but the development of analytical psychology in all of South and Central America has been slow and uneven. Possible explanations are many, but one factor may be the number of European Jewish refugees who fled to this region during the 1930s, carrying with them Freud’s legacy. From these origins, a Kleinian establishment developed in Buenos Aires, followers of Erich Fromm went to Cuernavaca, Mexico, and psychoanalysis has played an important role in the cultural life of the Latin American continent. Another inhibiting influence has been the political instability of the region.
