The surrender of Argentine sovereignty is no longer halted by maps or treaties; now it's being legislated. The " Freedom Advances" movement , with the backing of Senate committees, managed to secure a majority opinion on a bill that, under the euphemism of protecting private property, functions as a veritable law of forced foreign ownership . The initiative sweeps away the limitations of the Land Law (26.737) and opens the door to an unprecedented geopolitical danger: the acquisition of national territory by foreign states.

Lands to third States with presidential authorization

According to several Argentine media outlets, Javier Milei 's original bill contained only one restriction: a ban on selling land to foreign states. However, to secure the support of allied governors—such as Alfredo Cornejo in Mendoza—the ruling party included an alarming exception in Article 3 : provinces may submit "cooperation projects" for a foreign state to purchase land, requiring only authorization from the National Executive Branch.

During the debate, Minister Patricia Bullrich defended the amendment, citing the European Union Space Base in Malargüe as an example. However, experts warn that the law does not specify whether this exception will be processed through provincial legislation, a decree, or a simple memo. This extremely vague legal loophole will allow powers like the United States to establish military or scientific bases under the auspices of local governors.

The end of limits

The majority opinion repeals the fundamental pillars that had protected the national territory since 2011:

By removing these lands from the border security zone regime and eliminating specific restrictions on bodies of water, water resources are left completely unprotected. This deregulation seeks to open access to Patagonian rivers and lakes with a modern, corporate objective: to guarantee the water needed to install a hub of Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centers operated by multinational technology companies. The "Joe Lewises of the world," rejoice.

The RIGI and the collision with the glaciers

The handover of land is not an isolated event; it forms part of a complex regulatory framework designed for plunder, which includes the Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI) and reforms to the Glaciers Law . Mining corporations demanded these modifications in order to encroach upon protected areas.

Based on data collected by the Agrarian History Research Program of the Faculty of Economic Sciences (UBA) and the Observatory of Foreign Land Ownership , the research details that in departments like Iglesia (San Juan), actual foreign ownership has already reached 24.95% (450,000 hectares) in areas surrounded by inventoried glaciers where giants like BHP Group operate. In Antofagasta de la Sierra (Catamarca), lithium projects such as those of Río Tinto or Galán Litio occupy areas that do not even appear in official records, revealing a historical underreporting that this law seeks to rectify.

A colonial archipelago

With the dismantling of the CNEA to hand over the uranium to Washington, the control of the South Atlantic ceded to the Southern Command and, now, the total deregulation of land and water, the map of dispossession is complete.

The disregard for the principle of environmental and territorial progressivity exposes the true continental plan: to transform Argentina into an archipelago of private ranches, foreign military bases, and mining sacrifice zones beyond state control. National sovereignty is being auctioned off in Congress, and the territory is left at the mercy of an unchecked market logic.