SEGMENT INFORMATION (Total Revenue and Operating Profit by Reporting Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Revenue	$ 1,306.5	$ 1,552.1
Operating Profit	7.8	(32.9)
Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue	1,288.2	1,516.4
Operating Profit	135.0	182.5
Other Operating Segments and Business Activities [Member]
Revenue	18.3	35.7
Operating Profit	4.2	5.1
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Unallocated global expenses	(84.6)	(86.8)
CTI restructuring initiatives	(46.8)	(27.3)
Venezuelan special items	0.0	(106.4)
Europe Middle East & Africa [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue	520.4	532.1
Operating Profit	68.7	63.9
South Latin America [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue	426.4	590.9
Operating Profit	23.1	67.7
North Latin America [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue	204.7	229.3
Operating Profit	28.5	28.7
Asia Pacific [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member]
Revenue	136.7	164.1
Operating Profit	$ 14.7	$ 22.2

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to foreign operations, which is defined as Income or Loss generated from operations located outside the entity's country of domicile.

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