This paper surveys archival traditions coexisting in Latin America and identifies key moments in the region's development of archives and archival practices. First, different record-keeping practices in pre-Hispanic communities are identified. Second, an Iberian conception of the archive is described in the case of colonial archival practices between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Third, changes resulting from independence movements and the subsequent arrival of the Latin archival tradition are documented. Fourth, the emergence of an Ibero-American archival tradition is posited, which is State-sponsored and institutional and the product of a postwar context. Lastly, the turns and shifts these traditions are experiencing due to social conflict and transformations taking place in the region since the late twentieth century are presented, associated with marginal practices and with close attention being paid to users.

本文调查了拉丁美洲共存的档案传统，并确定了该地区档案和档案实践发展的关键时刻。首先，确定了前西班牙裔社区的不同记录保存做法。其次，以十六世纪至十九世纪殖民时期的档案实践为例，描述了伊比利亚的档案概念。第三，记录了独立运动和随后拉丁档案传统到来所带来的变化。第四，假定伊比利亚美洲档案传统的出现，这是国家支持的、制度化的，是战后背景的产物。最后，介绍了自二十世纪末以来，由于该地区发生的社会冲突和变革，这些传统正在经历的转折和转变，这些传统与边缘实践相关，并受到对用户的密切关注。