On November 22, 2021, the federal government published an acuerdo that declared “de interés público y seguridad nacional la realización de proyectos y obras” (of public interest and national security the carrying out of projects and works) of the government. Agencies were to grant an “autorización provisional” (provisional authorization) so that the projects could start. The press called it the decretazo.
The transparency institute INAI challenged it before the Supreme Court, which invalidated it in May 2023. The court’s press release said that the first article “permitía, por su amplitud y ambigüedad, que toda la información relativa pudiera ser considerada como reservada” (allowed, through its breadth and ambiguity, all related information to be treated as reserved).