Uruguay: Government will authorize this year equal marriage for foreign visitors

09/11/2019

In addition to promoting the right to marriage between people of the same sex, it seeks to attract more tourists. It was announced by the Minister of Education and Culture, at the opening of the fourth Congress of the LGBT Chamber of Commerce and Business, which takes place until Wednesday at the Municipality of Montevideo. The government refines details to allow foreign visitors of the same sex to marry in Uruguay.

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