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Latin American legislative and institutional reforms

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2026-10-15 22:13 UTC → 2026-10-23 00:26 UTC · added removed

Legislative activities across Latin America have focused continue to focus on structural reforms, public safety, and institutional oversight. In Costa Rica, recent developments include the advancement of reforms to dissolve the Ministry of Governance and Police, which would redistribute functions such as Migration and Foreign Affairs to the Ministry of Security. Additionally, new legislation has been passed to treat illegal mining as organized crime, increasing penalties for environmental offenses. Further a legislative efforts in the country involve commission, with a commission majority held by the PPSO party, is set to investigate the financing of the 2022 and 2026 electoral campaigns. In Argentina, Buenos Aires officials proposed reforms to Recent internal disputes have also emerged in the Misdemeanor Code to increase fines for driving under Legislative Assembly following the influence approval of a motion prohibiting deputies from placing posters on their desks in the Plenary. While proponents claim the measure protects legislative furniture, opponents from the Frente Amplio and illegal street vending, while expanding legal accountability for adolescents. Liberación Nacional argue it violates freedom of expression and is unconstitutional. In Mexico, legislative the Senate’s Municipal Development Commission approved its annual work plan, while discussions regarding a law to regulate electoral media coverage have addressed municipal development, been postponed until 2027. Concerns have also been raised regarding a new cadastral laws, law’s potential impact on municipal revenues, and calls have been made in Chihuahua to investigate anti-government propaganda and the regulation ‘objectification’ of electoral media coverage. women in politics. In Peru, the Senate Senate’s Constitution Commission is debating proposals regarding executive legislative powers and their potential impact on indigenous territorial rights and rights, specifically concerning land expropriation. expropriation for infrastructure projects. In Chile, the Frente Amplio party has rejected a government proposal to reform the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH). The opposition contends the reform seeks to weaken the institution by reducing its budget, cutting staff, and eliminating its authority to file criminal complaints.

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