News on Latin America

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez: Gay Marriage 'A Positive Step'

2010-07-15T13:30:08Z

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has praised passage of Latin America's first gay marriage law, calling it a 'positive step'

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has praised passage of Latin America's first gay marriage law, calling it a “positive step,” T...

Argentina legalizes gay marriage in first for Latin America

2010-07-15T10:16:23Z

Argentina on Thursday became the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, following a landmark Senate vote which stirred controversy in the majority Roman Catholic nation.

The law was backed by the center-left government of President Cristina Kirchner and adopted i...

Argentina legalizes gay marriage

2010-07-15T04:16:09Z

Argentina on Thursday became the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, following a landmark Senate vote carried live on national television.

The law, backed by the center-left government of President Cristina Kirchner, was adopted in a 33-27 vote after 15 hours ...

Argentina legalizes gay marriage in LatAm first

2010-07-15T01:16:11Z

Argentina on Thursday became the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, following a landmark Senate vote carried live on national television.

The law, backed by the center-left government of President Cristina Kirchner, was adopted in a 33-27 vote after 15 hours ...

Increasing Pols In Latin America Support Gay Marriage, Unions

2010-06-19T13:30:19Z

An increasing number of lawmakers in Latin America support recognition of gay unions, including marriage

An increasing number of lawmakers in Latin America support recognition of gay unions, including marriage.

The trend kicked into gear two years ago when Uruguay's leftist Preside...

Argentina's First Gay Marriage Nullified

2010-04-20T08:45:33Z

An Argentine judge has nullified Latin America's first gay marriage

An Argentine judge has nullified Latin America's first gay marriage, Spanish news agency EFE reported.

Magistrate Marcos Meillien declared the marriage of Alejandro Freyre, 39, and Jose Maria Di Bello, 41...

Two Mexican women wed in Latin America first

2010-03-11T13:15:44Z

Two Mexican women were the first to wed in Mexico City on Thursday after the sprawling capital became a pioneer in Latin America by legalizing gay marriages.

Lol Kin Castaneda, 33, and Judith Vazquez, 45, wore matching ivory dresses as they led a multiple ceremony at the city hall in which four other gay couple...

Latin America's 1st gay marriage law takes effect

2010-03-04T13:47:12Z

Mexico City enacts Latin America's 1st gay marriage; gay couples line up for licenses

Throngs of Mexico City gay and lesbian couples registered for marriage licenses Thursday, the day Latin America's first gay-marriage law took effect.

The first gay weddings will take place within a week to 10 days, after the paperwork is processed.

Mexico Ci...

Mexico City enacts region's 1st gay marriage law

2010-10-22T15:43:44Z

Mexico City enacts first gay marriage law in Latin America, to take effect in March

Mexico City enacted Latin America's first law recognizing gay marriage Tuesday and said it hopes to attract same-sex couples from around the world to wed.

The law, approved by city legislators on Dec. 21, was published in Mexico City's official register Tuesday and ...

Argentina hosts first gay marriage in Latin America

2010-04-16T08:03:19Z

Two men from Argentina have become the first homosexuals to legally marry in heavily Roman Catholic Latin America, after the governor of southernmost Tierra del Fuego province let them wed.

"We got married today in Ushuaia," the windswept provincial capital, an exulta...

Gay marriage in Argentina is 1st in Latin America

2010-04-16T08:04:21Z

Argentine couple travel to Tierra del Fuego for Latin America's 1st gay marriage

They had to travel to the ends of the Earth to do it, but two Argentine men succeeded in becoming Latin America's first same-sex married couple.

After their first attempt to wed earlier this month in Buenos ...

Argentine couple holds first Latin America gay wedding

2010-04-16T08:04:19Z

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Two Argentine men wed in Latin America's first same-sex marriage on Monday, helped by a provincial governor who ignored a court ruling that blocked their marriage plans earlier this month.

Alex Freyre, 39, and Jose Maria Di Bello, 41, were married in the southern Argentine city of...

Mexico City allows gay marriage with landmark law

2010-04-16T08:12:33Z

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City became the first capital in Catholic, often macho Latin America to allow same-sex marriage on Monday when city legislators passed a law giving gay couples full marriage rights.

The legislation goes further than a 2006 city law allowing civil unions by giving gay couples a...

Mexico City assembly legalizes same-sex marriage

2010-04-16T08:12:46Z

Lawmakers legalize same-sex marriage for Mexico City, first capital in Latin American to do so

Mexico City lawmakers on Monday made the city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, a change that will give homosexual couples more rights, including allowing them to adopt children.

The bill passed the capital's local assembly 39-20 t...

Argentina's Top Court To Decide Gay Marriage

2010-04-16T08:45:23Z

Argentina's Supreme Court says it will take up a controversial gay marriage case

Argentina's top court on Tuesday announced it would decide on a controversial gay marriage ruling that has halted Latin America's first same-sex wedding from taking place, the 'Argentina's Supreme Court has taken up the issue of same-sex marriage, just hours after a lower court blocked Latin America's first legal wedding of two men, a justice said Tuesday.

"The court will be ruling on the issue because it already has been considering a case, which is not that of these two young men," one of the justices, Argentina's Supreme Court has taken up the issue of same-sex marriage, just hours after a lower court blocked what was planned to be Latin America's first legal wedding of two men, a justice said Tuesday.

"The court will be ruling on the issue because it already has been considering a case, which is not that of these two young men," one of th...

First Latin American Gay Marriage Coming Tuesday

2010-04-16T08:47:40Z

Latin America's first gay marriage will take place Tuesday in Argentina

Latin America's first gay marriage will take place Tuesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The marriage of Alejandro Freyre, 39, and Jose Maria Di Bello, 41, is certai...

Judge puts Latin America's first gay marriage on hold

2010-06-12T00:18:52Z

An Argentine judge blocked Monday Latin America's first gay marriage, overturning an earlier appeal on the eve of the wedding and saying the Supreme Court must decide on its constitutionality.

A November 13 ruling by Judge Gabriela Seijas ordered the civil registry to make official the marriage of Alejand...

Judge aims to bar first Latin America gay wedding

2010-04-16T08:47:03Z

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A last-minute court ruling Monday cast doubt over whether two Argentine men will be able to wed as planned in Latin America's first legal gay marriage.

Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello were granted a marriage license earlier this month by a Buenos Aires judge who overruled a ba...

Argentine couple ready for region's first same-sex marriage

2010-04-16T08:51:35Z

A gay man tying the knot next week in Latin America's first same-sex marriage predicted Thursday that his ground-breaking wedding will inspire other homosexual couples to follow suit.

"Our December 1 civil wedding service will launch a new campaign in the coming months in different major cities to allow same-sex couples to do the same," said Alejandro Freyre, 39...

Gay couple hopes wedding sets precedent in Argentina

2010-04-16T09:02:48Z

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Two Argentine men who will soon wed in Latin America's first legal same-sex marriage hope it will pave the way for other homosexual couples in Argentina to marry.

Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello were granted a marriage license ...

First Latin America gay marriage on December 1

2010-04-16T09:06:37Z

Latin America's first gay marriage will be held on World AIDS Day on December 1, the Argentine couple, who are both HIV positive, said Monday.

"We will become husband and husband," said Alejandro Freyre, 39, and Jose Maria Di Bello, 41, after they were given the date by the

Buenos Aires grants first marriage license to gays

2010-06-12T00:18:59Z

Buenos Aires marriage license is a first for same-sex couples in Latin America

Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina's capital on Monday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage.

Jose Maria Di Bello<...

Argentine Court Opens Door To Gay Marriage

2010-04-16T09:09:20Z

An Argentine judge has rule in favor of allowing a gay couple to marry, opening the door to gay marriage in Latin America

An Argentine judge has rule in favor of allowing a gay couple to marry, opening the door to gay marriage for the first time in Latin America, the AFP reported.

Judge Gabriela Seijas ordered government officials to ...

Buenos Aires okays gay marriage in Latin America first

2010-04-16T09:09:59Z

An Argentine judge paved the way for gay marriage when she granted a homosexual couple permission to marry in a first for Latin America, the world's biggest Catholic region.

Buenos Aires, known for its active if low-key gay movement, became the region's first city to approve civil unions for gay couples in 2002. It was followed by Villa Carlos Paz in the north and the ...

Earns HJ Heinz

2010-11-19T06:00:59Z

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2010 file photo, bottles of Heinz Ketchup are displayed in Portland, Ore. H.J. Heinz Co. said Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, growth in overseas markets such as Latin America, more demand for its ketchup and price increases helped second-quarter net income rise 9 percent. (AP Photo/

Test Tech Language Software

2010-07-21T15:34:56Z

In this product image provided by Rosetta Stone, the Totale Spanish (Latin America) foreign language software is shown.(AP Photo/Rosetta Stone)

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Spain EU Latam Summit

2010-05-19T03:00:20Z

Mexican President Felipe Calderon, left, talks to Jamaica's junior Foreign Minister Marlene Malahoo Forte, right, during the group picture of the EU Latin America summit, in Ricky Martin, of Puerto Rico, dances during an ALAS, Latin America in Solidarity Action, Foundation concert in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar, file)

INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES

2010-03-30T06:51:59Z

ADVANCE FOR NOV. 9; map of Latin America shows number of indigenous languages by country

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