News of legislation

Milei government eyes criminal and labour reform in key week

Today 18:07 Reform of Juvenile Penal Code, Milei’s administration’s labour modernisation bill and the ratification of the EU-Mercosur agreement are the priorities at the close of extraordinary Congress sessions.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Tech companies push to stop Chile’s AI regulation plans

28-10-2025 12:50 Chile’s plan to regulate AI is facing pushback from tech giants during rapid industry growth and major investments.

HUMAN RIGHTS

IACHR condemns El Salvador for denying abortion to sick woman

23-12-2024 21:01 Amnesty International praised a ruling by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemning El Salvador for denying a woman a life-saving abortion in 2013.

WOMEN'S RIGHTS

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.

CONGRESS & POLITICS

Milei government prepares legislative agenda for 'second stage'

02-07-2024 16:57 Electoral reform being considered by the Executive branch and a bill could be ready for Congress by August; Ideally, it would include the elimination of the PASO primaries, the move to a single ballot system, the scrapping of gender parity quotas and a lowering of the minimum voting age.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Government circulates new text of omnibus bill to governors

14-03-2024 16:54 Government circulates new text of sweeping reform bill – now slashed by half to 269 articles – to provincial leaders in bid to win support before it heads to Congress.