Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced Tuesday he was bringing a new bill on legalising abortion to Congress, re-opening a debate that has bitterly divided the traditionally Catholic South American nation.
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The announcement set off celebrations among thousands of people outside the Congress building rallying in support of a plan to impose extra taxes on the wealthy to subsidise Argentina's creaking health care system.
Fernandez made the announcement in a video message on his Twitter account, saying the bill would ensure "that all women have access to the right to comprehensive health care."
Argentine society is deeply divided over the question of abortion.
Following years of demonstrations, Congress began a historic debate in 2018 under then-president Mauricio Macri that ended with the Chamber of Deputies voting to legalize abortion, only for the Senate to reject it.
Fernandez promised in March to present a new bill to legalise abortion but that was put on hold when the country went into lockdown over the coronavirus.
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Fernandez, who ousted Macri in elections last year, said a separate bill would help poorer families to avoid having to resort to abortion for economic reasons.
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That would provide "a 1,000-day insurance policy, with the aim of strengthening comprehensive care during pregnancy and for children in the first years of life."
In Pope Francis's homeland, abortion is punishable by up to four years in prison, and allowable only in cases of rape or if there is a risk to the life of the mother.
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Lawmakers began debating on Tuesday the imposition of a two percent tax on more than 9,000 of Argentina's largest fortunes, expected to provide more than $3 billion for health care and other projects to help families hit by the Covid-19 crisis.
Argentina has more than 1.3 million coronavirus infections, and more than 35,000 deaths from the disease.
First-half goals from Arthur and Richarlison helped Brazil to a 2-0 win over Uruguay, who had Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani sent off in their 2022 World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.
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Five-time world champions Brazil were fortunate to be two goals up at half time in Montevideo after Uruguay had hit the woodwork twice at either end of the half.
The victory left Brazil on top of South America's qualifying standings on 12 points with four wins from four games. Uruguay have six points from four matches.
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The win also extended Brazil's long reign of dominance over the Celeste, who have not beaten their fierce rivals since 2001.
Cavani's sending off with 20 minutes to go capped a miserable night for his side, despite having the better of things for much of the first half.
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Chilean referee Roberto Tobar showed him a yellow card after his lunge caught Richarlison on the ankle. But after a VAR check, that changed to red, leaving Cavani incredulous, and he left the pitch reluctantly.
Brazil almost drew first blood after two minutes of a lively opening, when Uruguay keeper Martin Campana parried a close range shot from Gabriel Jesus after the Manchester City striker bought a yard of space on the edge of the six-yard box.
Almost immediately, Uruguay's 21-year-old Benifica star, Darwin Nunez, turned Brazil full-back Danilo inside the area and rattled Ederson's bar after a neat pass from River Plate's Nico De La Cruz.
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Uruguay fashioned another gilt-edged chance when Nathan Nandez's cross from the right was headed over by Cavani.
Brazil had most of the ball, but could find no way through a well-marshalled Uruguay midfield.
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They finally broke through however with their first real chance in half an hour, and with a large slice of luck.
Feeding on a slick layoff from Gabriel Jesus, Arthur's shot from outside the area took a wicked deflection off the back of Uruguay defender Jose Gimenez, wrongfooting the luckless Campana, who could only watch it bounce into the net.
Two minutes later, a slick through ball from the Juventus forward put Liverpool's Roberto Firmino in on goal but his left foot shot lacked the power to beat Campana.
Brazil gradually got on top on midfield as the half wore on, and struck a body blow to Uruguay's hopes of a revival when Everton striker Richarlison headed in a long cross from Renan Lodi out on the left, to score his 8th goal for Brazil.
It was a cruel blow just before half time, emphasised when Uruguay skipper Diego Godin powered a header against the Brazil bar from a free kick by De La Cruz.
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Showing slickness on the ball, Brazil began to cruise in the second half, even without the injured Neymar.
Uruguay missed the physical presence of Luis Suarez, out with a positive Covid-19 test, and Brazil center halves Thiago Silva and Marquinhos had the better of a sometimes tasty encounter with their former Paris Saint-Germain teammate Cavani.
Packing record-breaking winds and unleashing torrential floods, storm Iota hit Central America on Tuesday, causing swollen rivers to burst their banks, flipping roofs onto streets, and killing at least three people.
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The strongest storm on record to reach Nicaragua, Iota struck the coast late on Monday, bringing winds of nearly 155 miles per hour (249 kph) and flooding villages still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Eta two weeks ago.
By midday (1800 GMT), the winds had fallen to 65 mph (105 kph) as Iota weakened to a tropical storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. But Iota continued bringing down heavy rains as it moved inland toward southern Honduras.
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"We're flooded everywhere, the rain lasted almost all night and now it stops for an hour then comes back for two to three hours," said Marcelo Herrera, mayor of Wampusirpi, a municipality in the interior of northeast Honduras crossed by rivers and streams.
"We need food and water for the population, because we lost our crops with Eta," he told Reuters.
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The double punch of Eta and Iota marked the first time two major hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic basin in November since records began. The Nicaraguan port of Puerto Cabezas, still partly flooded and strewn with debris left by Eta, again bore the brunt of the hit.
Frightened residents huddled in shelters.
"We could die," said Inocencia Smith at one of the shelters. "There is nothing to eat at all," she added, noting Eta had destroyed local farms.
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The wind tore the roof off a makeshift hospital. Patients in intensive care were evacuated, including two women who gave birth during the first rains on Monday, the government said.
Guillermo Gonzalez, head of Nicaragua's disaster management agency SINAPRED, said he had received reports of damage to houses and roofs, fallen power lines and overflowing rivers, but no deaths.
Two people died on Providencia island, part of Colombia's Caribbean archipelago near the coast of Central America, after it was clipped by Iota, President Ivan Duque said on Tuesday evening.
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An additional person is missing, Duque said after a visit to the island, promising speedy shipment of humanitarian aid and removal of debris.
Nearly all of the infrastructure on Providencia - home to some 6,000 people - has been damaged or destroyed.
"We have seen a severe impact on infrastructure," Duque said on his nightly television broadcast. "The community, prevention mechanisms, shelters and alerts, meant there was not a substantial loss of human life."
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Panama's government said a person had died in its western Ngäbe-Buglé region due to conditions caused by the storm.
A resident of Brus Laguna on the Honduran coast told local radio a boy was killed by a falling tree, though the mayor, Teonela Wood, said she had no reports of fatalities.
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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said flooding from Iota risked causing disaster after Eta.
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"We are very concerned about the potential for deadly landslides in these areas as the soil is already completely saturated," IFRC spokesman Matthew Cochrane told a media briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.
About 40,000 people in Nicaragua and 80,000 in Honduras were evacuated from their homes, authorities said.
By early afternoon, Iota was about 105 miles (169 km) east of the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, the NHC said, adding that Iota could dump up to 30 inches (76 cm) of rain in some areas.
"We are in the hands of God. If I have to climb up trees, I'll do it," said Jaime Cabal Cu, a farmer in Guatemala's Izabal province. "We don't have food, but we are going to wait here for the hurricane that we're asking God to stop from coming."
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