Senate Passes Revised Private-Property Bill as Protesters Clash With Police

Thousands marched on Congress as the Senate debated Milei's 'Inviolability of Private Property' bill, which aimed to streamline evictions, restrict state expropriations, and change rural land-use rules. To secure enough votes, the government dropped the bill's most contentious provision — raising the cap on foreign purchases of rural land from 15% to 25% — after opposition from provincial governors and land-sovereignty campaigners chanting 'the homeland is not for sale.' Clashes outside Congress lasted over four hours: police used tear gas, rubber bullets, and a water cannon; at least two officers and one protester were injured, a photojournalist was struck in the head, and ten people were arrested. The Senate passed the pared-back bill later that day.