Friday, August 7th 2026 - 08:44 UTC
La Libertad Avanza had removed on Wednesday the chapter easing rural land purchases by foreigners, following opposition from several allied governors
Argentina's Senate approved in the early hours of Friday, by 37 votes to 33, the Inviolability of Private Property bill promoted by Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger, after the governing bloc withdrew the two chapters that drew the most resistance. The text now goes to the Chamber of Deputies.
The session ran more than eleven hours and there were no abstentions. La Libertad Avanza had removed on Wednesday the chapter easing rural land purchases by foreigners, following opposition from several allied governors. Minutes before the vote it also gave way on the reform of the Fire Management Law, having found it lacked the votes.
That law bars any change of use for 60 years on native or planted forests, wetlands and protected areas affected by fires, whether accidental or deliberate, and for 30 years on farmland, prairies, grasslands and scrub. The reform would have removed those bans and kept the restriction only for native forests. Senator Edith Terenzi, who chairs the Environment Committee, said the chapter was regressive and contravened the Escazú Agreement.
