Rafael Romo

Rafael Romo is Senior Latin American Affairs Editor of CNN Worldwide.

Romo is based out of Atlanta and reports to Parisa Khosravi, senior vice president of international newsgathering for CNN Worldwide. Romo is charged with tracking the top stories across Latin America for the global audiences of CNN across its multiple platforms.

A native of Mexico, Romo is an Emmy-award winning, bilingual journalist with 18 years of experience as an anchor, reporter, manager of news coverage and journalism professor. He comes to CNN from Chicago, where he worked for the local CBS affiliate as general assignment reporter and Univision as Midwest correspondent. He is fluent in Spanish and English and has reported in both languages throughout his career.

He has interviewed leaders such as Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Vicente Fox. He has covered natural disasters such as Hurricane Mitch in Central America. Romo witnessed the last two visits of Pope John Paul II to Mexico and reported from within the community of San Salvador Atenco in the middle of an angry, machete-wielding mob fighting a government’s decision to build an airport.

Romo has reported on breaking news such as the arrest of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on charges of corruption. He held the post of Executive Producer at Univision Radio during the 2008 presidential elections and had previously worked as General Assignment Reporter at WBBM-CBS in Chicago. He started his career in journalism in 1990 as a reporter for KPHX Radio 1480 AM in Phoenix Arizona.

Born in Cananea, Romo has a bachelor’s degree in Broadcasting and from Arizona State University.

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