News of law

Milei’s controversial glacier law reform approved by Congress

09-04-2026 08:08 President Javier Milei's government secures passage of its reform bill that weakens Argentina's glacier protection law in lower house; Changes will open door to increased mining projects, with responsibility for periglacial areas passing to provincial governors.

Explainer: Milei’s attempt to change glacier protection law

08-04-2026 11:23 Argentina’s Glacier Law reform push is a battle between mining ambitions and environmental protection; Milei’s proposed changes could reshape glacier safeguards, expand mining activity, and shift power to provincial governments.

Key points of Milei’s newly passed labour reform package

28-02-2026 09:24 Key aspects of the reform promoted by Milei and his La Libertad Avanza party.

US$40-billion copper boom hinges on revamped glacier law

27-02-2026 20:25 Argentina’s Senate voted on Thursday on Javier Milei's bill that would allow governors – many pro-mining – to overrule federal protections on glaciers and their surrounds, known as periglacial areas.

Milei’s ‘mattress dollars’ quest continues with Fiscal Innocence Law

11-02-2026 15:00 New tax scheme aims to facilitate incorporation of undeclared savings into formal circuits, among them the so-called “mattress dollars,” without subjecting taxpayers to controls on the evolution of their assets.

Venezuela amnesty bill excludes gross rights abuses under Chávez, Maduro

06-02-2026 11:26 Venezuela's National Assembly starts weighing amnesty law; Bill is an initiative by interim president Delcy Rodríguez, who stepped into the shoes of Nicolas Maduro after he was deposed in US military operation one month ago.

Milei's law for (removing) glacier protection is a regressive reform

17-12-2025 23:56 The bill to amend the National Glacier Protection Law, would dismantle the minimalist regime which today protects glaciers and the periglacial perimeter, Argentina’s most important strategic water reserves.

Milei sends Glacier Protection Law reform bill to Congress

16-12-2025 21:30 Argentina's government targets approval by end of year, despite environmental pushback; New rules would loosen projections for glaciers and pass responsibility for mining projects to provincial administrations.

Greenpeace slams Milei’s plans to amend Glacier Law for mining purposes

15-11-2025 16:43 Argentina's current Glacier Law, in force since 2010, bans activities that could damage glaciers and periglacial areas, such as mining and hydrocarbon exploitation.

Milei seeks to accelerate copper boom by easing glacier rules

13-11-2025 18:38 President plans to modify regulations that protect Andean glaciers in order to unlock tens of billions of dollars of mining investments.

Major defeat for Milei: Senate overturns veto of disability law

04-09-2025 17:55 Opposition triumphant in the upper house by large majority; First rejection of presidential veto since 2003 and humbling defeat, just days before Buenos Aires Province election.

Lower house rejects Milei's veto of disability emergency law

20-08-2025 16:59 Lawmakers reject presidential veto of disability law by 172 votes to 73, securing two-thirds majority needed to uphold the law previously approved by Congress.

Government wants to remove femicide from Argentina's Penal Code

24-01-2025 15:48 President Javier Milei's government wants to strip femicide from Argentina's Penal Code, eliminate non-binary IDs and remove quotas for disabled and trans people.

Venezuelan opposition leader González Urrutia says son-in-law detained

07-01-2025 16:51 Venezuelan opposition leader says his son-in-law was "kidnapped" by "hooded men"

Reducing the issue

12-10-2024 06:16 Both sides fall into the error of reducing this issue to a budget tussle without bringing up the major structural problems of university education.

Brazil introduces law increasing femicide sentences to 40 years

11-10-2024 12:42 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signs into law a bill that makes femicide a separate criminal offence with potential sentence of up to 40 years behind bars.

Milei orders AFA football authorities to accept privately owned clubs

15-08-2024 13:50 New government decree signed by Javier Milei advances move to introduce private limited companies into the local football ecosystem; President gives AFA, federations and clubs one year to change statutes and allow "sporting corporations" into league pyramid.

Sturzenegger preparing laws to slash bureaucracy and ‘obsolete’ regulations

08-07-2024 17:19 New Deregulation & State Transformation Minister Federico Sturzenegger outlines his objectives for his new portfolio and says he will send Congress a ‘leaf litter law’ that will slash government regulations.

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 looks to keep winning streak alive in crucial IMF meeting

13-06-2024 20:03 President Milei will walk into a meeting with the head of the International Monetary Fund Friday emboldened by the most successful series of wins since he took office six months ago.