This article enquires about how the chronicle, as a genre of narrative journalism, Latin American par excellence, which has helped define and promote the identity of the various countries that go from Rio Bravo to Patagonia and that has also provided significant contributions to the continent's narrative. The Latin American chronicle has had different moments of splendor that have nurtured literature, from El Carnero by Juan Rodríguez Freyle to the present in which a brilliant generation has been in charge of portraying, in a very correct way, the different realities that occur daily from Mexico to Argentina. © 2018 Universidad Complutense de Madrid. All rights reserved.