This article identifies the restoration of the democracy and its persistence?as one of the most remarkable facts of the recent history of Latin America.?Nevertheless, in the experience of the subcontinent, democracy does not appear?like synonymous of democratization. Starting off with the transitions, this article is?led toward a periodic analysis of the so-called democratic crossing of Latin America.?At the same time, it studies the unequal incidence that the impact of the ?historical?memory? has had in the public sphere of countries like Argentina, Chile,?Uruguay, El Salvador and Guatemala, contrasting with the case of Brazil.

Este art?culo identifica la instauraci?n de la democracia y su persistencia/n como uno de los hechos m?s remarcables de la historia reciente de Am?rica

/n como sin?nimo de democratizaci?n. Partiendo de las transiciones, este art?culo tratar?

/n la ?memoria hist?rica? en la esfera p?blica de pa?ses como Argentina, Chile, Uruguay,

/n Simult?neamente, se estudiar? la incidencia desigual que ha tenido la irrupci?n de

/n Latina. Sin embargo, en la experiencia del subcontinente, democracia no aparece

/n de establecer una periodizaci?n de la traves?a democr?tica de Am?rica Latina.

/n El Salvador y Guatemala, contrastando con el caso de Brasil.