Bilateral agreements approved over the last two weeks between Spain and the three South American countries of Colombia, Peru, and Argentina will permit documented immigrants classified as permanent residents to vote in municipal elections. Among the South American countries, the agreements will have the greatest electoral impact in Argentina. While a combined total of roughly [...]
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Those familiar with the headaches caused by Argentina’s chronic coin shortage will be pleased to know that the Fernández de Kirchner government announced last week that it will allocate US $57 million to implement an electronic bus ticketing system. Residents of Greater Buenos Aires hope the measure, which takes effect in three months, will free [...] Authorities of the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas announced that they will implement a program to teach conversational English to all of the 320,000 students in its public school system. The measure is designed to make Tamaulipas Mexico’s first fully bilingual state in order to prepare students “for a more competitive world filled with technology [...] El Tiempo reported on 30 Jan. that homosexual common law unions in Colombia would now enjoy many of the same rights as heterosexual ones, including the extension of state health insurance to spouses of public employees. The Supreme Court decision mandates prompt changes to 20 existing laws to insure equality between hetero- and homosexual unions. [...] |
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