Human rights organizations warn that this could potentially affect the search for the close to 300 children taken from dictatorship victims who remain missing. The BNDG is a public institution created in 1987. Among many things, the bill aimed to give the executive branch the power to dissolve certain public organizations and institutions. After demands from human rights organizations, the bank was included in the safe list when the bill was approved months later. In November, former human rights undersecretary Alberto Baños called the figure “false” during a hearing at the United Nations.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald March 28, 2026 14:05 UTC