News of bills

Milei to delay lawmakers' vacation to push forward with reforms

Today 08:17 President Javier Milei will convene Congress for extraordinary sessions of Congress running until December 30 to discuss key budget and labour, criminal and tax reforms.

NEW BANKNOTES

Milei administration introduces 20,000-peso bill to Argentina

13-11-2024 00:38 A dinner in an average restaurant costs around 20,000 pesos and it can now be paid with this banknote bearing the image of liberal politician and writer Juan Bautista Alberdi.

GUEST COLUMN

Special organic laws and presidential vetoes

23-10-2024 11:20 The total or partial veto of a law should never be used as a tool for conflict, it should only to be understood as an exceptional instrument permitting evidently unconstitutional situations in approved laws to be corrected.

by Andrés Gil Domínguez

ECONOMY

Argentina’s reign of cash tips nears its end amid a fintech boom

10-08-2024 15:31 Tips are finally going digital in Argentina thanks to both a boom in financial technology.

POLITICS

Milei focuses on legislative agenda, including Supreme Court Nominations

17-07-2024 12:54 Government preparing 'Ficha Limpia' (Clean Record) bill and another to lower age of criminal responsibility.

by Ramón Indart

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.

BILLS, BILLS, BILLS

10,000-peso banknote enters into circulation

07-05-2024 22:10 In a move that recognises runaway inflation of almost 290 percent, Argentina launches a new high-denomination banknote of 10,000 pesos – worth around US$11.

Utilities on rise

Electricity bills in Buenos Aires metro region to soar up to 150%

16-02-2024 11:06 Huge hikes announced by Energy Secretary Eduardo Rodríguez Chirillo; Monthly updating to kick in from April, but new rates will begin imminently.

congress & politics

Congress spars over Milei’s sweeping omnibus reform bill

12-01-2024 15:11 Government indicates it is open to making concessions as elements of proposed legislation are taken out, despite president’s “all-or-nothing” vow.

BILLS, BILLS, BILLS

Argentina to issue 20,000-peso bills as inflation eclipses 211%

12-01-2024 09:55 Argentina is preparing to offer larger denomination peso bills in an attempt to simplify daily transactions.

President on reform bid

'Useful idiots' – Javier Milei lashes out reform critics

08-01-2024 13:09 President Javier Milei has branded his opponents "useful idiots" for their criticism of his sweeping decree that amends more than 300 laws and regulations.

POLITICS

Court suspends Milei’s labour reforms, dealing president a setback

04-01-2024 00:51 President Javier Milei suffered his first judicial setback on Wednesday as the national labour appeals court suspended a key portion of his emergency mega-decree.

SPECIAL SESSIONS

Congress opens debate on Milei's bills to complement sweeping decree

26-12-2023 16:23 Congress opened special sessions on Tuesday as debate opened on a series of bills designed to complement Javier Milei’s sweeping economic deregulation mega-decree.

Congress & Politics

One by one: the bills Milei is sending to Congress for special sessions

24-12-2023 13:40 President Javier Milei, who has summoned lawmakers for special sessions starting December 26, will send 11 bills to Congress, including reforms to income tax and double taxation rules.

MEGA-REFORM PACKAGE

Milei unveils broad reforms to liberalise Argentina's economy

21-12-2023 11:36 Javier Milei announces sweeping reforms to reduce the hand of the state in Argentina’s economy in a bold political move that’s likely to face pushback in Congress and courts.

MILEI’S REFORM PACKAGE

Milei's top 30: Economic reforms outlined by president in speech

20-12-2023 23:58 President Javier Milei outlines 30 key reforms he proposes to deliver in a sweeping reform blitz aimed at deregulating Argentina's economy and modifying labour and rent legislation.

'CADENA NACIONAL' BROADCAST

President outlines chainsaw deregulation plan for economy

20-12-2023 22:38 President plans to strike down or modify at least 300 pieces of “collectivist” legislation that he claims have “impeded, hindered an stopped” the country’s growth.