Conferencia de Prensa #3 | Adrian Ravier - 14.07.2026

Constitutional Protection of Property Rights14:00

Article 17 of the Argentine Constitution establishes that property is inviolable and no inhabitant can be deprived of it except by virtue of a sentence founded in law. Expropriation for public utility must be certified by law and previously indemnified. Confiscation of goods is permanently eliminated from the Argentine Penal Code. The economic and rent system states that without security there is no capital, without capital there is no work, without work there is no wealth. The speaker wants Argentines to work in the Argentine South but also wants to invite foreigners to invest, promoting greater production, employment generation, and dynamism to recover growth.

The Constitutional Foundation of the Republic consecrated and defended property as an inalienable right. The golden age of Argentine history was characterized by complete fulfillment of the inviolability of private property through the agro-export model that extended for 60 years, when Argentina held a leading place in the world as the granary of the world. Private property and contracts were respected, and immigrants were attracted, competing with the United States for European immigrants who chose Argentina.

Historical Break in Property Rights Protection15:32

The consensus began to break in 1922 when the Supreme Court ruled in the Ercolano against Lenteri case from Ranjau. The court determined that a law setting a maximum price on rents was constitutional, establishing that for public needs, private property could be violated. Since the break of the promise, Argentines have lived with contracts that ceased to be fully reliable and with private property increasingly vulnerable to state intervention. This legal insecurity reduced investment and opportunities for growth and employment that other countries took advantage of.