People in Uruguay who want to grow marijuana legally can now register with the government to do so.

Uruguay has approved pioneering legislation legalising marijuana, becoming the first nation in the world to oversee the production and sale of the drug.

Uruguayan lawmakers have voted to legalise gay marriage, making the South American country the third in the Americas to do so.

Uruguay's Senate voted to legalise first-trimester abortions for all women in a measure that came with so many strings attached it left neither side in the bitter debate completely satisfied.

A plan by Uruguay’s leaders to turn the government into the nation’s marijuana dealer has been presented to Congress.