South America

In an age when tech companies are encouraging consumers to constantly buy newer, more-expensive gadgets, one Peruvian company has just a launched a sustainable wooden laptop designed to last at least 10 to 15 years. In an attempt to bring new and affordable technology to the most remote areas of …

A college student practicing a yoga pose from a sixth-floor balcony is still alive after falling 80 feet. Alexa Terrazas, 23, was posing Saturday on the balcony guardrail of her building in northeastern Mexico when she slipped and landed on the sidewalk. Terrazas was still in critical condition Monday after …

A no-nonsense group of residents of a municipality in southern Mexico has taken an extreme measure to express their displeasure with their mayor for alleged non-performance in office. When the residents got fed up with their mayor after he failed to keep a campaign promise, they decided to make him pay in …

A 19-year-old student has been crowned Miss Venezuela, becoming the first winner of the annual pageant since it opted not to publish contestants’ waist, hip and bust measurements. Thalia Olvino prevailed in Caracas on Thursday after organizers — facing criticism for the contest’s primary focus on physical appearance — said …

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 …