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 804 HISTORY OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE have been held in Buenos Aires. There is much favorable senti- ment in the Parliament, where bills have been introduced. The woman suffrage movement is well advanced in Uruguay under the presidency of Dr. Paulina Luisi, who attended the (ieneva congress, where her association entered the International Alliance. The president of the Republic, Dr. Baltaser Brum, is an ardent advocate of woman's enfranchisement and is using his best efforts for it. A bill was introduced by Dr. Aralya for the complete emancipation of women, which did not pass. Later one for the Municipal franchise was presented by Deputy Alfco Brum, brother of the president, which it is believed will ultimately be accepted. There is a suffrage society in Chili, one in Paraguay and one in Brazil, where the Senate in 1920 defeated a bill. The Central American Constituent Assembly, the legislative body of the new Federation of Central American States, has ap- proved woman suffrage. There is to be a Pan American Suf- frage Congress of Women in the United States' in 1922, which doubtless will give a great impetus to the cause in the Central and South American countries. MEXICO. The constitution made for Mexico after the last revolution gave the suffrage to all citizens without distinction of sex and women have voted in Yucatan but the elections through- out the country have not been settled enough for them to exercise their right. There are suffrage societies among the different classes of women and the wage-earners are especially insistent on having a voice in the Government. The President is quoted as having said that the time when women will vote is near at hand.