Courts and Justice

News on Argentina's courts: Supreme Court rulings, corruption cases, trials abroad that involve the country, and judicial decisions that block or clear government measures.

POLITICS

Judge Suspends Two Articles of Milei's Labor Reform for Three Months

Ruling on suits by bar associations, Judge Martín Cormick restored the earlier rules on legal costs and installment payments while the case proceeds.

By The Ushuaia Times · Yesterday

POLITICS

University March Ends in Clashes as Court Pauses Fines on Cabinet Chief

Protesters and police clashed outside Congress after the fifth federal university march, and an appeals court suspended the daily fines on the cabinet chief.

By The Ushuaia Times · City of Buenos Aires · 2 days ago

POLITICS

Judge Fines Cabinet Chief Santilli Over University Funding Law

Judge Martín Cormick put the fine on the cabinet chief personally, saying the government has not obeyed a Supreme Court-backed injunction on university pay and scholarships.

By The Ushuaia Times · 4 days ago

POLITICS

Prosecutors Seek 12 Years for Maradona's Doctor at Retrial

Closing arguments began in the San Isidro retrial over the footballer's 2020 death, with prison terms requested for six of seven medical staff and the verdict still to come.

By The Ushuaia Times · Buenos Aires Province · Oct. 9, 2026

POLITICS

Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Limits on Foreign Land Ownership

Ten days after a ruling that left the repeal standing, the Court suspended it by 4-1 until a federal judge in Bariloche rules on the case.

By The Ushuaia Times · Oct. 9, 2026

POLITICS

Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Foreign Land Ownership Case With Two Acting Justices

The Court shortened the deadline to object to two acting justices in a case that could restore limits on foreign ownership of farmland.

By The Ushuaia Times · Oct. 8, 2026

POLITICS

Judge Orders Government to Apply University Funding Law; It Plans to Appeal

A federal judge struck down the clause of a Milei decree that kept the University Financing Law on hold, and government officials say they will appeal.

By The Ushuaia Times · Oct. 7, 2026

POLITICS

Opposition Calls Oct. 15 Session to Overturn Milei's Deregulation Decree After Supreme Court Land Ruling

After a Supreme Court ruling revived the end of limits on foreign land ownership, the Court issued a rare statement saying it decided only a procedural question, and the opposition moved to…

By The Editors · Oct. 2, 2026

BUSINESS

Investors Ask US Supreme Court to Revive US$16.1 Billion Judgment Against Argentina Over Seized Oil Company YPF

The petition challenges a March Second Circuit ruling that threw out the award, while the same claimants pursue a separate World Bank arbitration.

By The Editors · Oct. 2, 2026

POLITICS

Supreme Court Ruling Lifts Limits on Foreign Ownership of Rural Land

The court threw out a veterans' group's challenge on standing grounds, reviving Milei's 2023 repeal of the Land Law, which capped foreign-held farmland at 15%.

By The Ushuaia Times · Sept. 29, 2026

EDITORIAL

Argentina's Malvinas Case Is Strongest in Court, Not in Confrontation

Argentina's claim to the Malvinas is old, widely shared and backed by UN calls to negotiate. Its best chance runs through tribunals, talks and a policy the whole country can support.

By The Editors · Malvinas · Sept. 25, 2026

POLITICS

Court Upholds Bribery Charges Against Ex-Disability Agency Chief

The ruling keeps the ANDIS kickback case on course for trial and backs the leaked audios at its center, a day before a witness told prosecutors she had been told of a link to Karina Milei.

By The Ushuaia Times · Sept. 22, 2026