Tag: Pablo Abdala

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Uruguayan labor unions staging nationwide strike

  

  Uruguay's Plenario Intersindical de Trabajadores (PIT-CNT) general labor union has called for a 24-hour general strike Thursday to protest against wage cuts, high costs and social security reform.

• Monday, December 17th 2018 - 00:59 UTC

  Uruguay's “Live Without Fear” to hold constitutional reform plebiscite for harsher penal code

  

  The Uruguayan “Live Without Fear” (Vivir Sin Miedo) campaign collected 376,427 signatures, way above the Electoral Court's threshold to force a a plebiscite on security matters in the next elections, Senator Jorge Larrañaga announced Saturday.

• Monday, June 24th 2013 - 19:09 UTC

  Abortion law in Uruguay stands; insufficient support to force a repeal referendum

  

  A liberal abortion law in Uruguay withstood a challenge Sunday as Uruguayan opponents failed to attract enough votes in a consultation ballot to force a national referendum on repealing it.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 18:40 UTC

  Uruguay legalizes same sex marriage and rights by overwhelming majority

  

  Uruguay’s Lower House voted 81 in 87 to legalize same sex marriage on Wednesday, approving a single law for both heterosexuals and homosexuals regulating all kinds of family issues, from divorce to adoption to in-vitro fertilization and how parents can name their children.