The Argentine Senate Sept. 29 passed an access to information law bill.
The vote was 38 to 26.
La Nacion described the debate (in Spanish).
The House must now act. A House committee has been considering another version of the bill, but activists said the House is now expectd to vote on the Senate bill. They noted that a text of the Senate-passed bill is yet unavailable.
Nevertheless, earlier reviews of the Senate bill were favorable. It would cover the executive branch, Congress, Justice, the central bank and state-owned companies. Requests would have to be answered within 20 days.
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