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Abortion to remain a crime in Uruguay after Congress vote (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Lawmakers failed Thursday to muster enough votes for a measure that would have ended Uruguay's 70-year-old ban on abortion, meaning the procedure will remain a crime in this socially conservative country.

Uruguay lawmakers fall short of making abortion legal (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Lawmakers in Uruguay did not raise enough votes to overturn a presidential veto of a bill that would have decriminalized abortion after a 70-year ban, legislators told AFP Thursday.

Uruguay:Ministerio elimina de registro a médico cubano desertor (Miami Herald)
El ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP), informó el viernes que eliminó de sus registros al oftalmólogo cubano Vladimir Villamil quien abandonó el Hospital de Ojos donde se desempeñaba y decidió no regresar a Cuba y quedarse a vivir en Uruguay "donde hay libertad y tranquilidad".

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