The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important food source to Latin-American population, and the plant parasitic nematodes (PPN) are among the several pests that damage the crop. The objectives of the study were to analyze and summarize the available information concerning the relationships between PPN and P. vulgaris in Latin America, focusing on the difficulties and perspectives of this topic for Cuba, in order to provide a tool to be used for capacity building of stakeholders and management options for a secure production. The information for this study was collected from different accessible databases such as SciELO, Sciencedirect and other repositories. The information obtained showed that the nematodes reported to be associat...