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San José, May 25 (EFE) .- More than three decades ago, Marco Castillo began a path towards equality, full of rejections, obstacles, and achievements, the last one being equal marriage in Costa Rica, which will enter into force on Tuesday by order of the Constitutional Chamber.(CAMERA: María José Brenes)STATEMENTS: MARCO CASTILLO - ACTIVIST AND LAWYER"The importance of my wedding with Rodrigo is that it will be the first wedding in a family court. It is very important to make it clear that family courts have to agree to marry same-sex couples. The court said that judges cannot deny marriage to a couple for personal reasons. That is clear, but we have to take the first step to make it visible. Family courts are obligated because it is the couple's right to get married."
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Monday to press on with his drug war that has claimed thousands of lives, as he urged lawmakers to endorse "eye-for-an-eye" death penalties. Duterte devoted large chunks of his annual State of the Nation Address to pushing his law-and-order policies that have made him hugely popular with many Filipinos but have been condemned by human rights groups and other critics. IMAGES of his arrival
"I can confirm that the United States provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMs at the President's direction," US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters. Biden "quietly directed his national security team to send ATACMs to Ukraine for use inside Ukrainian sovereign territory in February. They started moving as part of the military aid package we announced on March 12th," Patel adds. SOUNDBITE
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for his annual state of the nation address ahead of the first anniversary of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine. IMAGES
Several dozen demonstrators try to get on the stage where President Cyril Ramaphosa was to make his annual speech on the state of the country, they are intercepted by the security forces present there. Before that, the demonstrators disrupted the ceremony and asked for the resignation of the South African president, as well as the end of power cuts in the country. This comes amid an acute electricity crisis, which has left 60 million South Africans without electricity for hours a day. IMAGES
Missouri's attorney general Eric Schmitt announces that his state will be the first "to effectively end abortion" in the United States, after the conservative-dominated Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 "Roe v. Wade" decision that enshrined a woman's right to an abortion, saying that individual states can now permit or restrict the procedure themselves. "I pledge to continue to fight for our most fundamental right: the right to life," Schmitt says in a video statement posted to social media. SOUNDBITE
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