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Brazil adopts a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority and ratifies an agreement with the Mercosur trade bloc. Uruguay also backs the deal with Palestine.
2024-07-8

An Air Europa Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft experiences severe turbulence while flying from Madrid, Spain, to Montevideo, Uruguay, injuring 40 people and forcing the flight to divert to Natal, Brazil.
2024-07-1

The Thai House of Representatives approves a bill to legalize same-sex marriage by a vote of 400–10, with five abstentions.
2024-03-27

A village authority in Gandaki Province, Nepal, registers the nation's first same-sex marriage.
2023-11-29

In association football, FIFA awards the 2030 FIFA World Cup to Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, making it the first FIFA World Cup tournament to be hosted in North Africa. The opening ceremony will take place in Montevideo, Uruguay, to mark the 100th anniversary of the competition.
2023-10-4

In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court declares state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional and effectively legalizes it across the United States.
2015-06-26

Same-sex marriage in Oregon becomes legal as a U.S. federal district court judge rules that the state's ban on such marriages violates equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
2014-05-19

Uruguay aims to become the world's first country to oversee and administer the nation's cannabis market.
2012-06-27

Argentina becomes the first Latin American country to legalise same-sex marriage.
2010-07-15

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office apologises after "The Sunday Telegraph" obtains a "foolish" document calling for the upcoming September visit of Pope Benedict XVI to be marked by the launch of "Benedict-branded" condoms, the opening of an abortion clinic and the blessing of a same-sex marriage.
2010-04-25