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Brazil: Pension rights for gay couples

Written byDiego Casaes
Translated byDiego Casaes

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Translation posted 11 December 2010 15:22 GMT

Marcelo Marques in Blog do Bacana [pt] informs of a recent decision by the Social Security Ministry in enforcing a rule that recognizes that the social security benefits to relatives, such as pension in case of death, must include partners of same sex in stable marriage.

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Written byDiego Casaes
Translated byDiego Casaes

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