More Than Labels: Legal Keys to Defending the Right to Adequate Food
Read moreIn a context of regulatory backsliding that threatens public health policies, Fundeps presents More Than Labels, a collective legal compendium that provides concrete tools to defend the Law on the Promotion of Healthy Eating and to strengthen the human right to adequate food in Argentina.
The Law on the Promotion of Healthy…Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Key Insights from the First Financing in Argentina
Read moreIn September 2023, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved its first financing operation for Argentina, amounting to USD 65 million, aimed at the construction of a wind farm near Río Grande, in the province of Tierra del Fuego. This was the institution’s first project in the country since Argentina’s…
Captured Youth: How the Tobacco Industry Seduces a New Generation
Read moreA new report by Fundeps analyzes the marketing and psychological persuasion strategies used by the tobacco industry to normalize the consumption of tobacco and nicotine among young people and adolescents, circumventing regulations and reducing risk perception.
Smoking continues to be the leading cause of preventable death…Reform of the Intelligence System: A Regulation That Puts Basic Constitutional Guarantees at Risk
Read moreOn December 31, the Executive Branch issued Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) 941/2025, through which it reformed the functioning of the Argentine intelligence system. This reform was not enacted through a law debated in Congress, but rather unilaterally, during the legislative recess.
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Healthy environments in municipalities: regulatory advances to protect children
Read moreWithin the framework of the alliance with UNICEF Argentina, Fundeps visited the municipalities of Villaguay, Ezeiza, and Río Tercero, which are part of the Healthy Environments program under the Municipalities United for Children and Adolescents (MUNA) initiative. Each team is making steady progress in developing regulations…
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A Key Year for the Transparency in BNDES
Through the intense internal work done by the Latin American Civil Society in 2013, 2014 appears to be a key year for encouraging transparency and access to information within BNDES and thus aiming to strengthen the regime of socio-environmental safeguards of the Institution.

Urgent Environmental Report Requested on Stream Contamination in Chicamtoltina, Alta Gracia
An urgent environmental information report has been requested asking for further information in light of the increasing stream contamination in Chicamtoltina, Alta Gracia.

FUNDEPS takes part in the Preparatory Meeting of UNASUR’s First Citizen Participation Forum
The creation of this open space received a warm welcome from civil society organizations and movements. Additionally, it underlined the importance of ensuring mechanisms of transparency, accountability and community participation, as UNASUR is a space from which large projects with a significant impact can be initiated.

Amicus curiae to defend the right to health and the environment in Alta Gracia
The field of Human Rights of FUNDEPS presents amicus curiae demanding the effective application of the ban on fumigating in areas of protected environmental area in Alta Gracia to adequately protect the right to health and a healthy environment for the people.

International requests for the World Bank to change its perspective on health programmes
FUNDEPS signs up to the petition of 110 non-governmental organisations calling for the World Bank to change the criteria relating to projects in the area of health and to actively promote universal health coverage.

World Access to Public Information Day
On the occasion of commemorating the World Access to Public Information Day, César Murúa, coordinator of the FUNDEPS Area of Democratic Governance and co-administrator of the Transparent Cordoba Program, has published an article along with Mariano Mosquera, with their reflections regarding this right and the institutional implications it entails.

























