article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Civil unions between people of the same sex will soon be recognized in Chile.
article_snippet.sent: This is a concrete step in the drive to end the difference between homosexual and heterosexual couples," President Michelle Bachelet said.
article_snippet.sent: will give legal weight to cohabiting relationships between two people of the same sex and between a man and a woman.
article_snippet.sent: A number of South American nations have moved to allow same-sex civil unions in recent years.
article_snippet.sent: But marriage between people of the same sex is legal only in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.