This work presents a contextualization of the first news that were printed in Latin America during the 16th and 17th centuries. Commonly known as news pamphlets, these materials were produced occasionally and narrated important events for the local communities. Thinking about identifying its main characteristics, a theoretical foundation was carried out about the news models found in such leaflets, a format that had its origin in Europe, during the 15th century. Then, through a qualitative empirical analysis, we ought to compare the details of the publications made in the Spanish colonies, identifying how the model was incorporated in Latin America with certain distinctions in relation to the reports of the European continent, mainly in the interest to narrate local events. In this way, it was possible to obtain a better understanding of what is considered the first genre of Latin American journalism, connecting, especially, the regions that we know today as Mexico, Peru and Guatemala, through the concept of the news pamphlets. 

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17502/mrcs.v11i2.618