3.1
A question as the cover
It opens with the question and one figure: about 13.3 million hectares, close to 5% of rural land. Next to it, a grid of squares shows the proportion at a glance.
Project 02 · Open data
Tierras Argentinas
An open atlas so anyone can see how much Argentine land is in foreign hands and check every number.
- 13.3 Mhectares
- 23cases
- 22milestones · 1878–2026
- 63sources
- 24jurisdictions
- CC BYlicense 4.0
01 · The starting point
A simple question, with the answer scattered across a thousand places
The debate over foreign ownership of land came back onto the agenda when emergency decree DNU 70/2023 repealed Law 26,737 and its caps on foreign purchases. The data existed, but it was scattered across official registries, the press, academic reports and court records. There was no place to answer the question and, above all, to verify the answer.
02 · The goal
Anyone can explore it, with the source next to every number
- Rule 1No figures of our ownOnly official, press or academic data, always linked.
- Rule 2No cases with weak evidenceEach file is classified as confirmed or under negotiation.
- Rule 3No private personal dataPlaces and ranches are shown approximately.
03 · Design decisions
From the headline figure to each file, without losing the thread
3.2
The map and the legal yardstick
Each province shows its percentage of foreign-owned land. The ranking bar goes up to 15%, the legal cap, to show how close each one is to the limit.
3.3
Case by case, like a file
The 23 cases are sorted by area and filtered by status. Each file brings together owner, country, hectares, provinces, conflict and sources, with credit and license on the photos.
3.4
The law told as a timeline
22 milestones from 1878 to 2026, marked by whether they tighten, loosen or leave the caps unchanged. Each milestone carries its source.
3.5
The Senate, seat by seat
A 72-seat hemicycle shows how each bloc voted. The colors only tell the blocs apart, with no partisan weight.
3.6
Data to take away and news that updates itself
Cases download as PDF and the dataset as JSON, under CC BY 4.0. News is tracked once a day, and a methodology page explains the scope and limitations.
How it’s built
A single datasetIt feeds the map, the ranking, the files and the downloads: what you see and what gets shared always match.
Up to date without touching itNews arrives from public RSS feeds once a day, and changes to the law show up across the whole site.
Corrected with evidenceWhen sources differ, the most cited figure is used and all of them are linked. Anyone can point out an error with a better source.
04 · The result
A public atlas that keeps up with the debate
The atlas brings together all 23 provinces and the City of Buenos Aires, 23 documented cases, 63 sources, the history of the Land Law and the composition of the Senate. The data downloads in two formats and can be reused freely. The main goal holds: every number has its source right next to it.
- Map by province
- 23 case files
- Timeline of the law
- Senate seat by seat
- PDF + JSON · CC BY 4.0
05 · What I take away
With sensitive data, trust is designed too
- The source matters more than the chart: clarity comes from being able to verify, not from seeing more.
- A single source of data is what makes it possible to keep a topic that changes every week up to date.
- Neutral colors and clear statuses let each person draw their own conclusions.