Uruguay

On April 10, the lower House of the Uruguayan legislature approved a bill to extend the freedom to marry to same-sex couples, marking the final vote in the process of ending the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage across the country. President José Mujica signed the bill on May 3, and Uruugay became the third country in Latin America to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage nationwide when the law took effect on August 5.