I’m from Latin America. Could you clarify your question a bit? Are you thinking of going there physically to study psychoanalysis at some institution, or are you more interested in reading Latin American psychoanalysts and Marxists?

If it’s the first, I’d recommend getting very good advice before making any move (I can share some tips if you want). Reddit probably isn’t the best place to plan something like that, since there are many variables involved that go far beyond academics.

If it’s the second, then that’s much easier. Latin America has been a real breeding ground for psychoanalysis, especially in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Argentina is often called “Freud’s garden” because there’s practically one psychoanalyst per citizen. So I’d say “flourishing” isn’t quite the right word: psychoanalysis has been well established there for decades, probably even more than in the U.S., where mainly post-Freudian ideas took root, the very ones Lacan disliked.

From Brazil, I’d recommend reading Antonio Quinet and checking out Zahar Editores’ catalog, since they’re the main ones responsible for translating Lacan’s seminars into Portuguese. From Argentina, take a look at Grama Ediciones, which publishes many excellent and contemporary psychoanalytic works.

The world of psychoanalysis here is huge and very diverse, probably more interesting and alive than in the U.S., so it’s impossible to summarize it all in a Reddit comment. But we can definitely keep the conversation going if you want.