Tag: Argentine Congress

• Friday, September 18th 2026 - 08:03 UTC

  Milei sends Congress his Falklands sovereignty bill, with an anti-terrorism registry attached

  

  Argentina's government sent Congress a National Sovereignty Defense Bill on Thursday, presented by President Javier Milei as “a milestone in the process of recovering” the Falklands, a text that toughens penalties for exploiting natural resources in the disputed area and also creates a registry of people linked to terrorism that does not require a prior criminal case.

• Sunday, August 23rd 2026 - 22:32 UTC

  The Mercosur-Singapore trade agreement reaches Argentina's Congress

  

  Argentina's Chamber of Deputies will on Wednesday take up ratification of the free trade agreement between Mercosur and Singapore, signed in December 2023 and still awaiting parliamentary approval. It is the first trade treaty the bloc has concluded with a Southeast Asian country.

• Friday, August 7th 2026 - 10:06 UTC

  Police disperse march against property bill with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon

  

  Twelve people were detained on Thursday during clashes outside Argentina's Congress, at a demonstration called against the Inviolability of Private Property bill being debated in the Senate.

• Friday, July 3rd 2026 - 07:53 UTC

  Milei abolishes the Interior Ministry, expanding Santilli's role ahead of Congress talks

  

  Argentina's government abolished the Interior Ministry and transferred its functions to the cabinet chief's office, headed by Diego Santilli, through an emergency decree published on Thursday in the Official Gazette. The measure places the political relationship with governors, provinces, municipalities, the City of Buenos Aires and Congress under the coordinating minister's remit, along with powers over the electoral system and political parties. With the change, the national cabinet is reduced to eight ministries.

• Monday, April 27th 2026 - 14:29 UTC

  Argentine Cabinet Chief to face Congress over personal wealth allegations and economic concerns

  

  Argentina's Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni will appear before the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, April 29, in his first management report, in a session expected to be tense over the ongoing judicial investigation for alleged illicit enrichment and the recent deterioration of key economic indicators. The opposition has filed more than 4,800 questions and is working on a coordinated strategy to avoid provocations that might enable the official to withdraw early, as occurred with his predecessor Guillermo Francos in the Senate.

• Thursday, April 9th 2026 - 23:57 UTC

  Argentina approves glacier law reform, opens previously protected areas to mining

  

  Argentina's Chamber of Deputies passed a reform of the National Glacier Law in the early hours of Thursday, an initiative pushed by President Javier Milei's government that reduces the scope of environmental protections in the Andean cordillera and opens previously restricted areas to mining. The vote was 137 in favor, 111 against and 3 abstentions, after more than eleven hours of debate in a special session. The bill had already been approved by the Senate.

• Monday, March 2nd 2026 - 04:58 UTC

  Milei urges US “strategic alliance” as “state policy,” outlines sweeping reform push in Congress speech

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei opened Congress’ 144th regular legislative session with an address focused on foreign policy, security and a broad reform agenda. He called for a “lasting strategic alliance” with the United States and said “it is time to turn this into a state policy,” while laying out a plan to send reforms to lawmakers in staggered packages.

• Wednesday, November 19th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentina’s $LIBRA scandal: report says Milei promoted private scheme, violated ethics rules

  

  The Argentine House of Deputies' Investigative Commission on the $LIBRA cryptofiasco has concluded in its final report that President Javier Milei may have committed misconduct in the exercise of his duties by promoting a private venture, which would violate the Public Ethics Law.

• Tuesday, September 23rd 2025 - 09:44 UTC

  Motion of censorship against Cabinet Chief pushed for in Argentine Congress

  

  Argentine opposition lawmakers are pushing for a motion of censure against Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos, which could lead to his removal, following the Libertarian Government of President Javier Milei's refusal to implement the newly passed Disability Emergency Act.

• Thursday, August 7th 2025 - 07:37 UTC

  Argentine opposition defies Milei, approves increased funding for public universities

  

  Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies approved a bill on Wednesday to raise funding for public universities, with 158 votes in favor and 75 against. The measure, backed by the Peronist bloc and other opposition parties, marks a new legislative defeat for far-right President Javier Milei, who vetoed a similar initiative last year.