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Quito, Sep 28 (EFE).- Latin America commemorated International Safe Abortion Day on Tuesday amid battles taking place in courts, across governmental bodies and on the streets.In the region, Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay, Guyana and four Mexican territories have decriminalized abortion.However, in Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Bolivia and Peru, abortion is illegal except in cases such as rape, fetal abnormalities incompatible with life or risk to the life of the mother. (Camera: JOSE JACOME).SHOT LIST: A PRO-ABORTION DEMONSTRATION IN QUITO, ECUADOR.
Washington (US), Apr 8 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Will Oliver).- An activist from the nonprofit organization Avaaz dressed up as Argentina's First Lady Eva Perón urged the Monetary Fund International (IMF) the condonation of the country's debt. FOOTAGE OF THE ACTIVISTS OUTSIDE THE IMF HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON. SOUNDBITES OF ACTIVIST DRESSED UP AS EVA PERON.
Thousands of pro-choice and anti-abortion activists gather outside parliament as the Argentine Senate prepares to vote on a landmark bill on whether to legalize abortion in a country where the Catholic Church has long held sway. IMAGES
Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists, each on one side of Congress Square in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, chant and wave scarves -- blue for the "save both lives" movement and green for the abortion rights movement -- as the final debate on a bill legalising abortion takes place in the Senate. IMAGES
Brandishing light blue scarves, anti-abortion supporters chant and attend an open-air mass outside Argentina's Senate in the capital Buenos Aires, as the final debate on a bill legalising abortion takes place inside the building. IMAGES