Marilia Brocchetto
Senior Latin American Affairs Editor
Marilia Brocchetto is the Senior Latin American Affairs Editor for the award winning International Desk in Atlanta. You can follow her on Twitter @Mabrocchetto
Spotlight
Venezuela: Where supplies are few and pain is everywhere
By Nick Paton Walsh and Marilia Brocchetto, CNN
Pain is rarely worse than when it's needless. That's something young Daniela Chacon and much of Venezuela feels now.
CNN is in Venezuela: Latest updates from the ground
By Paula Newton, Marilia Brocchetto and Patrick Gilllespie, CNN
Venezuelan authorities took opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma from their homes early Tuesday.
Venezuela protests: What you need to know
By Rafael Romo and Marilia Brocchetto, CNN
Venezuela has been riven by violent protests in recent weeks as opposition leaders face off with President Nicolas Maduro and his supporters.
The perplexing narrative about being gay in Latin America
By Marilia Brocchetto, CNN
On a February night in 2008, Luis Alberto Rojas Marin says, his life changed forever.
Judge James Robart: 5 things to know about Bush-appointee who blocked travel ban
By Marilia Brocchetto, CNN
The White House is gearing up to fight a federal judge's nationwide halt of President Donald Trump's immigration order.
Brazil prison head removed as country grapples with inmate violence
By Marilia Brocchetto and Flora Charner, CNN
As Brazil's beleaguered prisons continue to face problems involving drugs, corruption, escapes and riots, the pressure is on the government to fix what some analysts say are systemic and structural failures of the prison system.
Fulfilling goals of a lifetime, with help from bariatric surgery
By Marilia Brocchetto, CNN
Nothing prepares you for the feeling of walking into a store and finding something that fits, off the rack, after years and years of having to order from specialty stores. No one can prepare you for the feeling of being able to sit down in an airplane seat, cross your legs and not need an extender for the seat belt. And absolutely nothing in life prepares you for the feeling of sleeping without snoring, walking up a flight of stairs without getting winded and exercising without feelin