South America

As part of an unusual social experiment, a Mexican mayor disguised himself as a disabled person in need of assistance to test the attitude of local public servants first-hand. After receiving a number of complaints from disabled and other socially disadvantaged people about the treatment they received from social workers, …

An Argentinean local court ordered a 70-year-old man to pay his ex-wife 8 million pesos ($173,000, about N62,280,000)) as compensation for 27 years of house work. Judge Victoria Famá made the landmark ruling after taking into consideration that the elderly couple’s roles had been well-determined during their 30-year marriage, with …

A woman and her lesbian partner are currently in police net for committing a crime so cruel that even hardened investigators were shocked, according to reports. The mum and her lesbian lover have been accused of tearing off her nine-year-old son’s penis before beheading him. Mum Rosana Candido, 27, and …

Worried by a wave of violence and corruption sweeping over the Colombian port city of Buenaventura, the bishop of the local Diocese has proposed using a Navy helicopter to shower the city in holy water and purge evil. Monsignor Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya, Bishop of the Diocese of Buenaventura, plans to …

A pet store is making it possible for dogs to do their own shopping using face recognition technology. Brazilian pet shop chain Petz has combined face recognition technology and artificial intelligence to create a groundbreaking platform that allows dogs to buy their favorite products by analyzing their facial expressions. There’s …

A Venezuelan immigrant was allegedly chained to his seat by operators of a restaurant in Peru to ensure he does not leave without paying for what he concumed. Photos of the Venezuelan emigrant allegedly chained to his seat at a restaurant in Peru so that he wouldn’t walk out without …

You Might Love to be a Macho man but I doubt whether you wish to achieve that through what doctors think is a dangerous mean. Valdir Segato, a Brazilian bodybuilder in his early 50s, has been injecting an oil-based substance into his upper body muscles for years. Despite looking like …

A rise in robberies in the streets and inside buses in Mexico City has left residents with no choice but to device means of fooling robbers who attempt to take cellphones. Armed robberies have gotten so common aboard buses in Mexico City that commuters have come up with a clever …

Sometime last week, series of photos that seemed to show a very young boy getting married to an adult woman went viral on Mexican social media. There was speculation of arranged marriage and child trafficking, but the true story turned out to be more tragic, and at the same time …

A parrot is cooling off in police net after tipping off a suspected drug dealer when police arrived his apartment on a raid. The bizarre incident took place in Brazil. It’s unclear whether the suspect is a victim in this case or a true gangster in the purest form. Police in …