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A homosexual couple has married for the first time in Chile.
Javier Silva and Jaime Nazar said yes at a registry office in Santiago de Chile, as announced by the State Secretariat for Human Rights of the South American country.
The two men have been a couple for seven years and have two children.
"We are very proud and feel privileged to be here," Silva told Cooperativa radio station.
"This is an important step for our country."
Three months after it was passed in Parliament, the law allowing same-sex marriages came into force on Thursday.
Previously, homosexuals in Chile could only enter into a registered civil partnership.
In Latin America, same-sex marriages are already possible in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Uruguay and parts of Mexico.
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