Chile has passed a law permitting same-sex couples to marry on December 9, 2021.
The adopt was signed into law by President Sebastian Pinera during a event attended by activists for LGBT and broader Human Rights.
The ceremony was organised more than six months after conservative leader announced that he would smooth the way for a marriage law which had long been pending in the nations Congress.
The new law will allow all children with a father and a mother, with two fathers or with two mothers to have the same rights and same protection.
This move will help hundreds of children and adolescents who have been unable to get legal protection from both parents.