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Article: RIGHTS: MEXICO CITY JOINS GLOBAL TREND TOWARDS SAME-SEX UNIONS.
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- Interpress Service
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- March 19, 2007
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By Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY, Mar. 16, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Some 250 gay and lesbian couples flocked to the civil registry in Mexico City to apply for the legalisation of their relationship as soon as a new law on domestic partnerships went into effect Friday.
In the region, Mexico City thus followed on the heels of the capital of Argentina and the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and even the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, where same-sex civil unions are legal. There are also bills under consideration in Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Uruguay.
"This is a great achievement by civil society, and marks one more step forward in the ...