News of deregulation

The law of the land

08-08-2026 05:02 This last week might well go down in any future history of the Milei administration as the one marking the limits of deregulation.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei government secures lower house passage of 'Ley Hojarasca' deregulation law

21-05-2026 16:05 Deregulation bill received 138 votes in favour with 96 against and nine abstentions. It now heads to the Senate, where the government is seeking final approval.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Sturzenegger presses ahead with his war against ANMAT drug regulator

15-05-2026 10:33 Argentina’s deregulation and state transformation minister is locked in a conflict with oversight bodies. Among his main targets: the ANMAT food and drug regulatory agency.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei targets 70 repeal of laws in deregulatory push

31-03-2026 12:08 Deregulation & State Transformation Minister Federico Sturzenegger’s ‘Ley Hojarasca’ returns to Congress again; Milei administration pushes to repeal obsolete laws and cut funding for local political bodies.

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Milei’s ‘deep chainsaw’ targets 30,000 more public-sector lay-offs

03-12-2025 12:23 As of October, the number of state workers stands at 282,000 – the result of a wave of lay-offs that began in 2023 and ended with 58,000 jobs lost. The target is a workforce of 250,000 employees, with cuts eyed at the Cabinet Chief’s Office and state media.

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK

Argentina allows live cattle exports as Milei scraps 1973 policy

26-02-2025 22:54 President Javier Milei Milei issues executive order striking down a policy dating to 1973 that prohibits Argentina from shipping its cows to abattoirs overseas.