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Entre Ríos
The province signed the start of a $25 billion energy upgrade, including a 132 kV line between Crespo and Viale, a new digital transformer station and an expected 600-day timeline.
World
A private report positions Brazil as the winner of the new regional automotive race: it has around USD 34 billion in announced investments through 2033, compared with about USD 2 billion in Argentina. The gap reshapes jobs, suppliers, technology and industrial power in Mercosur.
World
New U.S. strikes and Iranian reprisals against Gulf bases disrupt maritime traffic, pressure oil prices and leave a barely opened negotiation channel in suspense.
Opinion
Kike Arriaga's opinion
La Rioja
La Rioja State Attorney Emilio Rodríguez announced a filing before the Supreme Court seeking the annulment of decree-law 18,004, issued during Onganía's dictatorship. San Juan rejected the claim and defended the validity of its provincial boundaries.
San Luis
The teachers' union rejected the 20% staged increase announced by Claudio Poggi and demanded an immediate real wage recovery. According to UTEP, San Luis lost 52% of purchasing power since September 2023 and almost one third of wages remain non-remunerative sums.
La Rioja
La Rioja's executive sent a bill to create an Electoral Tribunal and an Electoral Court with specific jurisdiction. The initiative does not change the voting method, but concentrates powers over the calendar, voter roll, challenges, parties and final count.
San Juan
Emilio Achem said the province climbed from the next-to-last position to seventh place nationally in teacher salaries. Negotiations with UDAP, UDA and AMET remain open, with an offer of 3% in August, 3% in October and improvements in connectivity, the teacher scale and remote-area supplements.
Buenos Aires
Tenaris SIAT, part of Grupo Techint, terminated 150 contracts at its Valentín Alsina plant after losing two tenders linked to Vaca Muerta and Southern Energy's LNG project. The decision hits the country's only factory of this type of pipe.
Entre Ríos
Chemical workers at UnionBat's plant in the Gualeguaychú Industrial Park are maintaining a camp and shifts outside the facility to prevent possible dismantling. They are demanding Labour Ministry intervention and job continuity.
Mendoza
Alfredo Cornejo said Mendoza will keep the open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries for the provincial electoral calendar. The statement clears doubts over a possible suspension and marks a difference from the national debate on electoral rules.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
A draft resolution filed in the Chamber of Deputies and signed by the six national lawmakers from the UCR demands that the government speed up implementation of the accusatory system in Buenos Aires City. The bloc warns that further delays affect access to justice and weaken constitutional guarantees.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Leandro Santoro argued that Peronism's division is not inevitable and that a split on the right is not impossible either. His diagnosis points to the opposition's architecture, the relationship between Peronism and Buenos Aires progressivism, and the political scenario toward 2027.
Buenos Aires
Carlos Bianco criticised Luis Caputo for not signing guarantees that would allow access to international loans for public works. The province also denounced Diego Santilli's lack of response to a meeting request and warned about the impact of changes to the transport social fare.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The Córdoba lawmaker met in Córdoba with the Buenos Aires City leader and they agreed on building an opposition proposal centred on federalism, production, work, education, science and technology. The move belongs to a Peronist path that still has no single candidacy.
Buenos Aires
Teachers' and state workers' unions accepted a 7% increase over June wages, paid in two stages: 5% in July and 2% in August. The province added commitments on school violence, permanent appointments and reopening talks in September.
