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Relating this vote to the 2012 legalization of marijuana by the U.S. states Colorado and Washington, John Walsh, drug policy expert of the Washington Office on Latin America, stated that "Uruguay's timing is right.
Only three other Latin or South American countries legalised abortion on request nationwide before Argentina did: Cuba in 1965, Guyana in 1995, and Uruguay in 2012. [6] According to polling in 2020, around 44% of Argentines support the legalization of abortion on request; other polls showed 50–60% of Argentines opposed the bill. [7] [8] [9] [10]
Green bandana (Argentina, 2021) Green bandanas and signs at a march to legalize abortion (Mexico City, 2019) Green bandanas were first adopted as a symbol by Argentinian abortion and family planning rights activists in 2003, drawing inspiration from the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo protesters who similarly used white scarves (opponents of abortion rights in Argentina in turn began using blue ...
Argentina’s previous government of left-of-center populist Alberto Fernandez had raised the country’s poverty rate from 35% to 40% of the population, and left an annual inflation rate of more ...
Polling indicates that a majority of Argentines support the legal recognition of same-sex marriage. [1] Argentina was the first country in South America and Latin America, the second in the Americas, the second in the Hispanic world, the second in the Southern Hemisphere and the tenth in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. [2] [3]
(Reuters) - The following are reactions from current and former Latin American presidents to the election of libertarian economist Javier Milei in Argentina's presidential runoff on Sunday.
Cannabis in Argentina is regulated by the Penal Code of Argentina, which prohibits its possession, cultivation, and supply, except for authorized medical purposes. [1] [2] [3] Official statistics estimate that cannabis is used by 7.8% of Argentina's population. [4] Medical cannabis was legalized in 2017. [5]
When the European powers colonized Latin America, they brought with them the Catholic Church's beliefs on reproductive rights. [8] Even today, religion in Latin America is characterized by the predominance of Roman Catholicism, although there is also increasing Protestant influence (especially in Central America and Brazil) as well as by the presence of other world religions.