Mössbauer spectroscopy in Latin America was initiated around 1960, at the Brazilian Center of Research in Physics (CBPF), in Rio de Janeiro, by Prof. Jacques Danon. Prof. Danon used to say that countries in the southern hemisphere had difficulties in competing scientifically with countries in the northern hemisphere, due to limitations in research funding. Therefore, researchers from the former part of the world should use their creativity primarily to investigate topics related to their regions, or in finding new approaches to frontier topics within the technological framework restricted by their economic reality. Moreover, he stated: "Lo que es importante , no son las técnicas, son las ideas. Solamente la creatividad puede generar un verdadero progreso tanto en la ciencia como en cualquier campo de la actividad humana". At the beginning of Mössbauer spectroscopy in Latin America, there was some collaboration among a few Latin-American research groups, such as that of Prof. Jacques Danon with Profs. Augusto Moreno y Moreno, Carlos Abeledo and Albert Fech in Mexico. At that time, Prof. Danon had published the first lectures on the Mössbauer effect, which were written in Spanish during the Escuela Latino Americana de Física, held in Mexico in 1968. In 1985, Prof. Elisa Baggio-Saitovitch, participating in a committee discussing the future of CLAF (Latin-American Center of Physics), realized how incipient was, at that time, the scientific collaboration among researchers in Latin America. This was an important point that was taken to a Brazilian meeting in Mössbauer spectroscopy, and there it was suggested that a Latin-American meeting shoud be created. This proposition was accepted and Prof. Jacques Danon was appointed Chairperson. The first Latin-American Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect – LACAME was held in Rio de Janeiro in November 1988. The conference name was inspired by the name of the International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME). The LACAME´88 had 129 participants. Probably most of the people in Latin-America working in the field came to Rio. About 10 non- Latin-American scientists, specialists in different fields, were invited and contributed to the success of the LACAME´88. It should be mentioned that, at that time, it was very difficult to contact all the people from different countries. In this case, Prof. Danon was essential, since he knew practically everybody working in this specific field throughout the world. It should be remembered that no e-mails and no easy telephone connections were available. The best communication was by telegram or by fax. On the other hand, the situation in Brazil in 1988 was favorable for that purpose; the Ministry of Science and Technology had been just established and financial support was obtained from several Brazilian agencies and foundations, which should be mentioned here: CBPF, CNPq, CNEN, FINEP, CAPES and CLAF. The total budget was about US$ 50,000.00 and the invitation included air ticket, hotel and meals. The 2nd LACAME was held in Cuba in 1990, with the informal presence of Commandante Fidel Castro at the conference dinner. Other countries: Argentina (Buenos Aires, 1992), Chile (Santiago, 1994), Peru (Cuzco, 1996), Colombia (Cartagena de las Indias, 1998), Venezuela (Caracas, 2000), Panama (Panama City, 2002), Mexico (Mexico City, 2004), Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, 2006), Argentina (La Plata, 2008), Peru (Lima, 2010), Colombia (Medellín, 2012), México (Toluca, 2014), Panama (Panama City, 2016) and Chile (Santiago, 2018) have organized the LACAME and the results have shown these meetings to be excellent opportunities to improve the collaboration among research groups, to increase the exchange of graduate students, visiting professors, etc. Unfortunately, the number of participants of LACAME has been decreasing along these 18 years. It could be that less people are interested in Mössbauer spectroscopy, or that fewer funds are available. The reasons for this unfortunate fact we still need to find out. In Brazil, some traditional groups have reduced their activity, but some new groups have appeared. The last national meeting on Mössbauer spectroscopy (XX Encontro Jacques Danon de Espectroscopia Mössbauer - 2017) had nearly 60 participants. In other Latin-American countries we may mention increasing activities in Peru (Victor Peña Rodrigues) and Colombia (Perez Alcazar). Despite the difficulty in organizing an international conference, the LACAME conferences have shown to be very dynamic, with valuable discussions and scientific exchange. We hope LACAME 2020 will show important and stimulating new contributions to the field, therefore bringing new momentum to these meetings. In summary, the LACAME conferences are organized in Latin America each two years, and they have been successful in organizing and reinforcing the collaboration among the Mössbauer community in Latin America. Except for LACAME´94, all Proceedings have been published in Hyperfine Interactions.