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Uruguay’s lower House passes euthanasia bill, which now heads to Senate
Catholic News Agency
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August 13, 2025
ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 13, 2025 / 15:19 pm After a lengthy session in Uruguay’s Chamber of Representatives, legislators passed a bill this week that, if passed in the Senate, would legalize euthanasia in the country, making it the third in South...
Uruguay’s lower house passes euthanasia bill
Buenos Aires Herald
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August 13, 2025
Uruguay’s Lower House approved a Dignified Death Law legalizing euthanasia for those who face specific forms of terminal illness early Wednesday morning. Almost the entirety of the Frente Amplio (FA) bloc, along with sponsors of the initiative...
Uruguay’s Lower House Backs Euthanasia Legalisation, Senate Vote Expected By Year-End
Arise News
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August 13, 2025
Uruguay’s Chamber of Representatives has voted to legalise euthanasia, marking a significant step toward joining the ranks of countries allowing assisted dying. The bill passed on Wednesday with 64 votes in favour out of 99, following an emotional...
Uruguay Approves Euthanasia Law in the House of Representatives
Newsroom Panama
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August 13, 2025
The proposal for a dignified death will go to the Senate, where its approval is expected this semester, consolidating Uruguay as a regional pioneer in regulating this practice. The Uruguayan Chamber of Deputies has overwhelmingly approved a law on...
President Lee faces a master negotiator in Trump
Korea JoungAng Daily
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August 13, 2025
Published: 14 Aug. 2025, 00:01 Chang Duk-jin The author is a sociology professor at Seoul National University. If there were a Nobel Prize for practical economics alongside the theoretical award, U.S. President Donald Trump would likely be its...
Uruguay’s Lower House Takes First Step Toward Legalizing Euthanasia
teleSUR
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Uruguay’s parliament has advanced a bill to legalize euthanasia, moving it to the Senate and positioning the country to join Canada and Colombia in regulating the practice in the Americas. Lawmakers in Uruguay’s Lower House pass euthanasia bill...
Uruguay’s lower house of parliament votes in favour of euthanasia
Stabroek News
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August 13, 2025
MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) – Uruguay’s lower house of parliament voted today to legalize euthanasia, emulating Cuba, Colombia and Ecuador in a societal shift around predominantly Catholic Latin America. The bill to decriminalize assisted dying passed...
Uruguay’s lower house approves euthanasia bill
News.Az
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Uruguay’s lower house of parliament has voted to legalize euthanasia, joining Cuba, Colombia and Ecuador in a significant societal shift within predominantly Catholic Latin America. The bill, which decriminalizes assisted dying for mentally...
Uruguayan woman sentenced for electrical fraud in National District
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- A National District court sentenced Uruguayan Julia Noelia Velásquez Charpantie to 20 days of pretrial detention and ordered her to pay 20 times the minimum wage for electrical fraud, totaling RD$394,422.29, plus RD$500,000 in...
Uruguay's lower house of parliament votes in favor of euthanasia
Dunya News
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MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay's lower house of parliament voted on Wednesday to legalize euthanasia, emulating Cuba, Colombia and Ecuador in a societal shift around predominantly Catholic Latin America. The bill to decriminalize assisted dying...
Uruguay debuts in Swiss franc bond market
Latin Lawyer
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August 13, 2025
Credit: Shutterstock/ em_concepts Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has helped the Republic of Uruguay raise CHF 320 million (US$396 million) in a dual-tranche sovereign bond offering — its first-ever issuance in the Swiss franc market....
Uruguay da el primer paso hacia la legalización de la eutanasia
KESQ-TV - California
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August 13, 2025
Por EFE Uruguay dio en la madrugada de este miércoles el primer paso hacia la regularización de la eutanasia, luego de que la Cámara de Representantes aprobara por mayoría el proyecto de ley ‘Muerte digna’. Tras un debate que comenzó en la mañana...
Could Putin be arrested in the US during Trump meeting as people call for president's detention over 'war crimes'
LAD Bible
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Picture this, Russia's Vladimir Putin departs from his presidential plane in America on Friday... only to be met with handcuffs the moment he steps foot on US soil. The 72-year-old is currently scheduled to travel to Alaska this Friday (15 August)...
From the Margins to the Courts: St Lucia Joins Caribbean Fight to Dismantle Anti-LGBTQI+ Colonial Laws
Inter Press Service
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August 13, 2025
Active Citizens, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Featured, Gender, Gender Identity, Gender Violence, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Latin America & the Caribbean, LGBTQ, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: Stella_E/Getty Images MONTEVIDEO,...
Uruguay launches national strategy to combat money laundering
United Press International (UPI)
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Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi wants a national effort to combat money laundering, terrorism financing and the proliferation of weapons, aiming to curb the rise of drug trafficking and organized crime in the country. Photo by Elvis Gonzalez/EPA...
Uruguay on the verge of legalizing euthanasia
Christian Daily International
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August 12, 2025
Uruguay could become the third Latin American country to legalize euthanasia this month, joining Colombia and Ecuador. Photo: Freepik.com Uruguay is poised to become the third country in Latin America to legalize euthanasia — a move that has drawn...
Uruguay condemns Israeli plan to occupy Gaza City
Tehran Times
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August 12, 2025
Uruguay’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli cabinet’s decision to occupy Gaza City, calling the move a “serious breach of international law” and warning it could deepen the humanitarian crisis in...
President Orsi endorses Uruguay's new euthanasia bill
MercoPress
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Tuesday, August 12th 2025 - 10:02 UTC Orsi conditioned the measure to all guarantees being taken Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi announced he was in favor of the revised “dignified death” bill about to be voted on in the House of Representatives....
When the quality of politicians becomes irrelevant
Latinoamerica21
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August 12, 2025
The political landscape increasingly taking shape around the world is one of post-democracy —an ambiguous term describing an uncertain scenario marked, broadly speaking, by three distinct situations in which pluralism and the rule of law are at...
Argentine President Milei launches major initiative to deepen Israel-Latin America partnerships
United News of Bangladesh
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FILE – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, welcomes Argentina’s President Javier Milei at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File) Argentine President Javier Milei...