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Uruguay's lower house approves gay marriage law
Lawmakers in taboo-breaking Uruguay voted to legalize gay marriage late Tuesday night, approving a single law governing marriage for heterosexuals and ...
Marijuana law introduced to Uruguay congress
Uruguay came one step closer to turning the government into the country's leading pot dealer on Thursday, as lawmakers formally introduced to Congress ...
Uruguay's marijuana proposal compared to US states
A look at a proposal to legalize marijuana in the South American nation of Uruguay, compared with the new laws approved by voters this month to ...
Uruguay congress considers same-sex marriage law
Uruguay's congress is considering a gay marriage law that would give same-sex couples all the same rights and responsibilities of heterosexual married ...
Uruguayan way: legal abortion and marijuana sales
Uruguayans used to call their country the Switzerland of Latin America, but its faded grey capital seems a bit more like Amsterdam now that its ...
Uruguay takes historic step legalizing abortion
Uruguay's Senate voted to legalize first-trimester abortions for all women Wednesday in a groundbreaking measure that came with so many strings ...
Argentina Supreme Court OK's sex slave's abortion
Argentina's Supreme Court has ruled that a woman rescued from a prostitution ring must get the abortion she wants, and chastised public officials who ...
Panetta: Use police not military for enforcement
Latin American nations must try to use their police and not their military forces to enforce the law, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday, ...
Panetta: Syria clash with Turkey may escalate
The continued exchange of artillery fire between Syria and Turkey raises additional concerns that the conflict may escalate and spread to neighboring ...
Uruguay lawmakers vote to legalize abortion
Legislators have voted in Uruguay by a razor-thin margin to legalize abortion. In Latin America, where the majority of people are Catholic, no country ...
Argentina torture victim identified as Chilean
Forensic scientists have finally identified a mutilated corpse that washed up on the shore in 1976 as that of a Chilean leftist who was among the ...
Chavez: joining trade bloc a boon for Venezuela
Joining the South American trade bloc Mercosur will be a boon for Venezuela and should help the country's businesses boost international sales, ...
China interested in free-trade deal with Mercosur
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the Asian giant is interested in a possible free-trade deal with the Mercosur regional trade bloc. Wen met Argentine ...
Uruguay mulls government marijuana sales
Peaceful Uruguay is planning a novel approach to fighting rising crime: having its government sell marijuana to take drug profits out of the hands of ...