February 19, 2016 Colombian media's airing of secret sex tape stirs debate The broadcast of a secretly shot video in which a prominent Colombian politician discusses sexual encounters with other men is prompting a debate about homophobia and journalistic ethics in the South American country.
February 18, 2016 Pope suggests women threatened by Zika virus could use contraception Pope Francis has suggested that women threatened with the Zika virus could use artificial contraception but not abort their fetus, saying there's a clear moral difference between aborting a fetus and preventing a pregnancy.
February 18, 2016 Ex-presidential spokesman detained in Guyana activist death A former spokesman for the two previous presidents of Guyana has been detained in the slaying of a political activist before last year's general election in the South American country.
February 18, 2016 Argentina: 190,000 affected by power outages in heat wave A heat wave has led Argentina's government to schedule two days of power cuts in Buenos Aires and surrounding areas.
February 18, 2016 Disney cruise ship rescues suspected Anonymous hacker from sailboat off Cuba A Massachusetts man under investigation in the hacking of a Boston hospital was rescued from a sailboat off the coast of Cuba by a Disney cruise ship and arrested Wednesday, weeks after relatives told police they had last heard from him, authorities said.
February 18, 2016 Reports: Syrian man behind deadly Ankara car bomb attack Turkish media reports say a Syrian national was behind the attack in Ankara that killed at least 28 people and wounded dozens of others.
February 18, 2016 Brazil's central bank says economy shrank 4.08 pct in 2015 Brazil's central bank says the economy contracted 4.08 percent in 2015, the worst performance since the indicator was created in 2003.
February 18, 2016 World Bank offers $150M to countries affected by Zika The World Bank said on Thursday it is making $150 million in financing immediately available to help combat the Zika virus outbreak in affected Latin American and Caribbean countries.
February 18, 2016 Venezuela takes tiny steps toward fixing economy Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has announced long-awaited economic reforms, but analysts say they'll barely have any effect in rescuing the economy.
February 18, 2016 Drunk, knife-wielding monkey reportedly attacks bar patrons This monkey means business.