This research seeks to present an overview of the way the body is present and reflected in Latin American liberation theology. We set from the theological anthropology developed on this continent, with the methodological reference of the preferential option for the poor based on the analysis of the bibliographic content relevant to the subject. To develop the overview of this theme, we have embarked on a journey of contextualization of the genesis of this Latin American theology since colonization, through the Second Vatican Council, and arriving at the formulations specific to Latin-American liberation theology, pointing to the presence of the body and struggle for justice and dignity. Then, we dive into the consequent ramifications of this liberation theology, demonstrating how the body is the guiding thread that differentiates these peripheral theologies and what justifies their political and social activism, bringing a special focus to feminist theology that, with women s body presence in theology, brings great contributions to theology, the Church and society as a whole. Finally, harvesting this entire journey, we demonstrate the intrinsic relationship between body and spirit, through the interpretation of Christology and spirituality in liberation theology. We have not exhausted the subject of what could be a Latin American theology of the body, but we hope to present the body as the backbone of our liberation theology which, when concerned with the concrete reality of the poor, oppressed, vulnerable and wronged people, is in fact worrying precisely about their bodies that suffer poverty, oppression, violence, and injustices.