Is the perfect tense not used in Latin American (Spanish)?

Not true. At least not in Mexico.

Edit.

In Latin America we use it pretty much the same way you use it in English (at least American English).

But they use it a little bit more in Spain.

Compare:

English. I cut my finger (a few seconds ago).

Spain: Me he cortado el dedo.

L. America: Me corté el dedo.

The Perfect Tense In Spanish

Perfect Tense In Latin

Not true. It's used quite a bit, and usually as in English, but not as in French or German or some kinds of Italian (as a substitute for the simple past).

I can tell you from experience (Spain, Mexico, Dominican Republic) that it is a falsehood however, I cite a reference/source as well. This is the beginning of the article:

The Perfect Tenses

Introduction. The perfect tenses [tiempos perfectos] are compound tenses [tiempos compuestos]; that is, they are made up of two parts, a helping verb [verbo auxiliar] and a past participle [participio pasado], for example: he hablado (I have spoken), habías hablado (you had spoken), habremos hablado (we will have spoken). There are three main perfect tenses in the indicative: present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. They are “perfect” or “pefective”, as opposed to “imperfect” or “imperfective”, in the sense that they portray an action or state as completed and not in progress, from the point of view of present, past, or future time, respectively.

The perfect tenses in Spanish are formed with:

The helping verb haber, in the appropriate tense and mood, plus:

The masculine singular form of the past participle.

Past participles are normally formed by taking the infinitive, dropping off the last two letters, and adding -ado for -ar verbs, or -ido for -er and -ir verbs:

hablar > hablado (spoken), comer > comido (eaten), vivir > vivido (lived)

Second- and third-conjugation verbs whose stems end in a vowel need a written accent mark: leer > leído; oír > oído. Some verbs with irregular past participles include:

abrir abierto opened

cubrir cubierto closed, shut

decir dicho said, told

describir descrito described

descubrir descubierto discovered

devolver devuelto returned, given back

escribir escrito written

hacer hecho done, made

morir muerto died, dead

poner puesto put, placed, set

romper roto broken, torn

ver visto seen

volver vuelto returned

Note: Compound words based on these roots typically show these same irregularities: componer > compuesto; deshacer > deshecho; oponer > opuesto; suponer > supuesto; prever > previsto.

The present perfect tense [el perfecto or el presente perfecto]:

To form the present perfect, use the present tense of haber plus the masculine singular form of the past participle:

he hablado I have spoken

has hablado you have spoken

ha hablado he/she has spoken

hemos hablado we have spoken

habéis hablado you have spoken

han hablado they have spoken

Yo digo que ella lo ha hecho. I say that she has done it.

Ya hemos visto la película. We've already seen the film.

I'm not latin american, I'm spanish when I listen I don't listen the "pretérito perfecto compuesto" (your present perfect).

We (spaniards) use all perfect tense minus "pretérito anterior". It is rare to appear in our language but I don't know in latin american spanish how is it.

not true