Topic: Latin America

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,” Telam ...
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 ...

Argentina legalizes gay marriage

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 ...

Argentina legalizes gay marriage in LatAm first

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 ...
An increasing number of lawmakers in Latin America support recognition of gay unions, including marriageAn 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 President Tabare ...

Argentina's First Gay Marriage Nullified

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, “nonexistent,” ...

Two Mexican women wed in Latin America first

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 ...
Mexico City enacts Latin America's 1st gay marriage; gay couples line up for licensesThrongs 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 ...
Mexico City enacts first gay marriage law in Latin America, to take effect in MarchMexico 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 ...
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 exultant ...
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