Venezuela decriminalizes homosexuality within the country's armed forces.

Soldiers in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, March 15.
Soldiers in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, March 15.

The Supreme Court of Caracas abolished on Thursday a controversial point in the military legal code that criminalized gay soldiers. Before that, gay people in the army could be punished by up to three years in prison.

According to the ruling, the legal text was "not compatible with the Constitution or progress on …