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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.
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
Martín Llaryora, Maximiliano Pullaro and Rogelio Frigerio will open a permanent base in San Francisco and transfer the bloc's presidency to Entre Ríos. The agenda covers energy, production, security, shared procedures, civil protection, dairy, Mercosur, the waterway and export taxes.
Buenos Aires
The Economy Ministry refused to authorize international financing for a plant serving La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada and told the province to use its own funds or restructure existing loans. Buenos Aires says the ARS 450 billion project would absorb much of its investment budget without external credit.
Córdoba
The December 2025 bill sought to ban informal parking fees and windshield cleaning at traffic lights, while providing penalties for failure to comply with the mandatory vaccination schedule. It would expand police powers and raised Security Minister Juan Pablo Quinteros's profile ahead of 2027.
National
The Casa Rosada seeks to turn dialogue with governors into an electoral platform for 2027, with funding, provincial calendars and rule changes as bargaining pieces. At the same time, Victoria Villarruel and Patricia Bullrich are developing profiles of their own within a governing coalition already debating its future.
Mendoza
Provincial revenue fell 2.2% in the first half despite signs of economic recovery. Agriculture, energy and mining are advancing while commerce, industry and construction retreat; that mix reduces tax collection and forces Alfredo Cornejo's government to plan with tighter resources.
Río Negro
Luis Caputo authorized a US$60 million IDB loan to integrate Río Negro's 36 hospitals and 191 primary care centers. Alberto Weretilneck also received an expected timetable for a second US$85 million loan for irrigation, rural electrification and emergency prevention.
Río Negro
The project entered the RIGI program with a planned 472.5-kilometer pipeline between Tratayén and San Antonio Oeste. It will feed two floating liquefaction units in the San Matías Gulf and is designed to carry up to 28 million cubic meters per day.
Buenos Aires
Axel Kicillof appointed three full members and three alternates by decree, while the lower house approved its legislative representatives. The Executive's seats are now filled, but the body that selects judicial officials still depends on a pending Senate choice.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires City mayor again raised the possibility of an agreement between PRO and La Libertad Avanza in the capital, with reelection and a bid to stop Peronism at the center of the debate.
La Rioja
La Rioja's government will present at the CFI a 2026-2030 roadmap focused on investment, environment, suppliers, workforce training and public communication.
Misiones
The second International Business Round organized by the Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay Economic Federation brought companies and institutions from the three countries to Posadas, producing more than 605 business connections.
Mendoza
The province aims to attract software, artificial intelligence, fintech and exportable service companies through a framework designed to reduce regulatory and administrative barriers.
Jujuy
Officials, lawmakers and business leaders discussed how to distribute mining royalties, expand local employment and maintain environmental controls over lithium projects.
Buenos Aires
The governor of Buenos Aires presented a new line from Banco Provincia for SMEs to refinance their commercial debts in up to 36 installments with a nominal annual rate of 25.7%, seeking to alleviate the financial situation of companies in a context of falling consumption.
