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April 14, 2011

Uruguayan Senate Votes to Annul Amnesty Law 
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In Uruguay, Senators have voted to annul a law granting amnesty for
crimes committed under the country's 1973 to 1985 dictatorship. Macarena
Gelman, the daughter of a dictatorship victim, praised the vote.

Macarena Gelman: "This is only the beginning because once there is
justice, you can act freely and we are just now able to start down that
path."

The measure now goes to Urugay's lower house, which approved a similar
bill last year.



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