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MELITOPOL, Sep 23 An observer from Uruguay at the referendum in the Zaporozhye region told a RIA Novosti correspondent that there are many people from Russia in his country, and he came to the referendum to observe that everything is legal. «I am on behalf of 67 party organizations in Latin America from 30 countries. They all want to be sure that everything is legal here. We hope that people will be free to express their opinions. Many people from the Russian Federation have been living in Uruguay for a long time, and they are well disposed towards the decisions of Russia,» Lopez said. He added that Latin America is under the influence of the American media, they are trying to convince people that Russia is » occupiers», but the people do not believe them. The referendum on joining Russia started on Friday in the DPR and LPR, as well as in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Voting will continue for five days, until September 27th.