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Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires governor will not attend the tribute marking 50 years since Bishop Enrique Angelelli's murder. Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez will represent the MDF, while Máximo Kirchner will attend a gathering meant to unite Peronism ahead of 2027.
Formosa
The province brought security forces, government agencies and federal prosecutors together to adjust coordination under the new Federal Criminal Procedure Code. It also presented a Rights Restoration Program providing financial, employment, health, education and identity support to victims in judicial proceedings.
Santa Fe
Maximiliano Pullaro signed the decree resulting from the 2025 competition, which drew 6,103 officers. The new ranks take effect from January 1 of that year, while salary differences are recognised from October 1.
National
The governor will send ministers and political organisers to five provinces to expand the Movement for the Right to the Future. His national project also depends on negotiations over mayoral re-election, Cristina Kirchner's situation and Buenos Aires electoral rules.
Río Negro
The unanimous ruling held that the Mapuche Tehuelche Parliament Coordinating Committee had not shown concrete harm to pursue an abstract challenge to Law 5755. The judgment upheld the province's objection and did not decide whether the prior-consultation regime is constitutional.
La Pampa
The Santa Rosa councillor said he had notified leaders of his caucus and the council before leaving his seat empty. He argued that unions and the Construction Chamber wanted more debate, although the reform already had enough votes for approval.
Santa Cruz
Governor Claudio Vidal and Superior Court president Gabriel Contreras agreed to begin implementing the wage increase approved last year. The meeting, also attended by Minister Ezequiel Verbes, opened a permanent agenda on buildings, investment and the justice system's operating capacity.
Tucumán
The Electoral Board approved Resolution 11/2026 and organized the entire process for renewing provincial and municipal authorities in 2027. The first deadline is November 10, 2026; campaigning begins April 9 and the campaign silence starts May 7.
Jujuy
Jujuy's PJ reaches its list deadline divided between Carolina Moisés and a coalition led by deputy Rubén Rivarola with La Cámpora, Fellner allies and sectors linked to Carlos Haquim and Guillermo Snopek. The internal vote is August 30.
La Pampa
Sergio Ziliotto no longer assumes La Pampa will repeat the separate calendar used in 2019 and 2023. February party primaries and a May provincial vote remain possible, but he will first watch national rules and the local PJ contest.
Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
Peronismo de la Soberanía and CERRO will present the alliance at an August 1 provincial meeting open to new members. Its promoters describe it as an alternative focused on production, work, social justice and sovereignty, with a critical stance toward the national government.
Santiago del Estero
Gerardo Zamora and Governor Elías Suárez led two rallies ahead of the August 2 municipal election. The governing candidate brought Frente Encuentro Cívico and the Justicialist Party together around public services, municipal proximity and inclusion.
Santa Fe
The upper chamber resumes after four weeks and the restoration of its hall, which will bear the names of Aldo Tessio and Jorge Obeid. A future Electoral Code has broad support within Unidos, but senators and deputies have yet to organize the competing bills.
Entre Ríos
A Paraguayan court gave the former Entre Ríos senator and Iara Guinsel two-year suspended sentences for attempting to enter with US$200,000 undeclared. Judge Matías Garcete Piris said the unanimous ruling relied on trial evidence and a 2019 law; the defense disputes that cash is merchandise.
Santa Fe
Peronists introduced their proposal while Maximiliano Pullaro's coalition remained unable to agree on how to link executive and legislative candidacies. The bill keeps five separate single ballots, retains the primaries, sets electoral thresholds and would remove lawmakers who abandon the alliance that elected them.
World
Xi Jinping defended Brazil's sovereignty and rejected external interference in a conversation with Lula. The statement followed Javier Milei's attacks in São Paulo and connected the Argentine-Brazilian crisis with political, trade and technological coordination between Beijing and Brasília.
