News of decree

Labour reform, budget bill keys to Milei's December Congress push

27-11-2025 15:45 Government to push for swift approval of labour reform and 2026 Budget bills as part of ambitious agenda; President to summon Congress for special sessions, likely starting second week of December.

Court strikes down Milei decree restricting right to strike

30-06-2025 15:15 Ruling says measure lacked urgency and bypassed Congress without any justification.

Milei issues decree to take new IMF deal through Congress

11-03-2025 09:55 President issues decree seeking green light from Congress to move forward with rejigged IMF agreement; Repayments would be pushed out over 10 years with a grace period of four and a half years.

Towards a supremo’s court

01-03-2025 06:27 Both the presidential Supreme Court nominees, Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansilla, present problems. These are rather simpler in the latter case.

Milei opens up Argentina's largest bank to private capital

20-02-2025 13:15 Before travelling to the United States, Milei signs decree transforming Banco Nación into a public limited company; Privatisation had been previously proposed by the government, but Congress rejected it.

Experts voice criticism of Milei’s decision to quit WHO

07-02-2025 21:28 Opposition lawmakers, healthcare experts and analysts warn that President Javier Milei’s decision to withdraw Argentina from the World Health Organization will cut the country off from international health guidance, research and technology.

by Zella Milfred

Expert says Milei decree restricting access to information is 'unconstitutional'

09-09-2024 15:41 Lawyer Andrés Gil Domínguez says that Javier Milei’s administration is “anti-democratic” and that, after this modification, “trials for damages against journalists will begin.”

Making public private

07-09-2024 05:55 Not the first contradiction with its self-image but a government calling itself libertarian and seeking to restrict access to public information is really starting to take the biscuit.

Government targets red tape in aviation deregulation drive

10-07-2024 17:48 Pilot union announces one-day strike as Argentina’s government announces big changes for airline industry; Reforms designed to “modernise” sector and eliminate red tape for aviation operators.

Milei one step closer to ‘superpowers’ after Senate approval

20-06-2024 09:33 Argentina’s Senate last week approved the article permitting President Milei to co-legislate in a broader and less defined sense than granted to any of his predecessors. What the “superpowers” to legislate are and what the prerogatives delegated by Congress imply.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

Milei decree removes price caps for telecommunications market

10-04-2024 17:30 Milei decree amends legislation for Internet, telephone and cable market. Move will allow de-regulation of prices in the sector, in order to "encourage competition and investment."

Juntos por el Cambio governors to back ‘omnibus’ bill, fiscal package

04-04-2024 21:35 Interior Minister Guillermo Francos and Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse lead talks over the so-called ‘Ley de Bases,’ potentially brokering a deal to see its passage through Congress.

Living on the edge

03-02-2024 06:23 It feels as if the president is pushing the boundaries of negotiations beyond reasonable points.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Milei's omnibus reform clears first hurdle as lower house backs bill

02-02-2024 18:48 President Milei's sweeping omnibus reform bill wins general approval in lower house after three long days of debate; Votes in favour totalled 144, with 109 against; Lawmakers will vote on it article-by-article next Tuesday.

Thousands swarm Buenos Aires' streets to protest Milei’s reforms

25-01-2024 00:39 Thousands flooded the streets and avenues surrounding Congress during a mass protest on Wednesday in Buenos Aires organised by the CGT, one of the nation’s oldest and most powerful union groups.

Unions take to streets in challenge to Milei's reform push

24-01-2024 13:53 Thousands of protesters had gathered by midday in the heart of Buenos Aires for what is expected to be the biggest demonstration in years, called by Argentina’s main union, the CGT, against President Milei's proposed economic reforms.

Environmental NGOs warn of Milei's 'Omnibus Law' threat

22-01-2024 16:28 Large number of environmental NGOs meet with lawmakers from different parties in Argentina to lobby for changes in environmental matters and fishing, preservation of native forests and periglacial areas.

by Enrique Garabetyan

Pichetto’s caucus blocks Milei government over Omnibus bill

18-01-2024 19:29 Deputies belonging to caucus headed by dissident Peronist and ex-VP candidate Miguel Ángel Pichetto impose themselves, halting the government drive.

Enrique Viale: Milei's proposed reforms are 'an invitation to destruction’

07-01-2024 07:17 Environmental activist and lawyer Enrique Viale warns about the dangers for climate and preservation of the environment of Javier Milei’s proposals.

by Ariel Stemphelet

The ‘right plan,’ the ‘only plan,’ or ‘no plan’?

06-01-2024 07:33 Either Milei is a daredevil convinced he’ll make it out alive, he has no choice and is winging it, or he’s got a couple of cards up his sleeve that we’re not seeing.

by Agustino Fontevecchia