Supreme Court of Argentina reviews the validity of the decree that frees the sale of rural land to foreigners

Published at: 06/10/2026 12:06 PM

The Supreme Court of Justice of the Argentine Republic decided to convene two co-judges to reexamine the validity of the Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU 70/23), through which the neoliberal president of Argentina, Javier Milei, repealed the Land Law and eliminated legal limits on the purchase of rural properties by foreign capital.

The decision of the highest court came after the lack of consensus among the three main magistrates in the face of the lawsuit filed by the environmental organization Árbol de Pie, an entity that based the claim on the constitutional right to the protection of the environment and the protection of sovereignty over natural resources.

The regulations repealed by the Executive, sanctioned in 2011, established a ceiling of 15% for foreign ownership of rural land at the national, provincial and municipal levels, also preventing a single nationality from concentrating more than 30% of that allowed quota.

This judicial procedure takes place in parallel with the increase in social and political pressure in the country, marked by rallies of trade union federations at the headquarters of the Judiciary and the call of opposing parliamentary sectors to sit down and stop the validity of neoliberal measures to protect the interests of the Argentine people.

Mazo News Team