By: Jayson Fry, 2L Argentine President Javier Milei’s recent proposal to remove femicide as a distinct legal category from the country’s penal code has sparked widespread national and international outrage. This move represents a stark departure from Argentina’s ongoing efforts to address gender-based violence. The country has long struggled with pervasive gender violence, making this […]
By: Lauren Cerda, 2L Prometea is an artificial intelligence tool developed and pioneered in Argentina with the goal of streamlining bureaucratic processes and optimizing the delivery of justice to benefit citizens. While many countries remain skeptical about integrating artificial intelligence into the judicial system due to concerns over reliability, Prometea seeks to address these challenges. […]
By: Andres Torres, 2L In December 2023, Argentinian President Javier Milei repealed Argentina’s rent control laws, a major step in his neoliberal reform agenda. Enacted in 2020, these laws sought to cap rent increases and protect tenants by mandating tenant-controlled leases for a minimum of three years. However, unintended consequences soon developed: landlords rapidly withdrew […]
By: Brittany Husk, 2L On December 2, 2019, President Trump announced the termination, “effective immediately,” of Section 232 tariff exemptions previously granted to Argentina and Brazil. The tariff exemptions provided Brazil and Argentina exemptions from the twenty-five percent tariffs on steel imports and ten percent on aluminum imports to the United States. In a […]
