First same-sex couple marry in Chile under new law

Jaime Nazar, left, and Javier Silva in Santiago, Chile (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

Two men have become the first same-sex couple to marry in Chile under a law that took effect after years of campaigning by activists.

Engineer Javier Silva and dentist Jaime Nazar have been together for seven years and had previously legalised their status as a couple under a civil union agreement.