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Crônica

Crônica or crónica (chronicle; see spelling differences in Portuguese) is a Portuguese-language form of short writings about daily topics, published in newspaper or magazine columns. Crónicas are usually written in an informal, observational and sometimes humorous tone, as in an intimate conversation between writer and reader. It is roughly equivalent to the English-language concept of a "human-interest story". Writers of crónicas are called cronistas. Newspaper crónicas had their inception in the 19th century, with the development of the press, inspired by the French Journal des débats; they flourished in the mid of the 20th century, with the urbanization process, musing about daily happenings and becoming more informal in nature. Crónicas, despite their eph… more »