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National
The government kept the Private Property Inviolability Bill alive without the chapter raising foreign ownership of rural land. Debate focused on summary eviction proceedings, limits on expropriations, rural title regularisation and changes to the Fire Management Law.
Santiago del Estero
Gerardo Zamora and Governor Elías Suárez led meetings at the Estudiantes and Red Star clubs before the August 2 municipal election. Mario Benavente asked activists for a final effort to sustain the provincial and city political project.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Officials and legislators from La Libertad Avanza and PRO held a forum in the Buenos Aires City legislature that turned abortion, comprehensive sex education, birth rates and family policy into common political ground. The event brought both forces together as their broader relationship grows closer.
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.
San Juan
Marcelo Orrego honored the public service of security officials, firefighters, federal brigade members and the pilot who died during wildfire training. The provincial government said it is working with other agencies to assist their families.
San Juan
The San Juan factory acquired in 2017 was operating at 52% of capacity in early 2026 amid falling consumption and higher unit costs. Dismissal notices triggered protests and claims that the first severance proposals were below legal requirements.
Santa Fe
APYME Santa Fe described a chain in which high rates, falling consumption and the debt of businesses and families reinforce one another. The organization is calling for long-term financing and warns that account seizures can interrupt wages, payments and production.
National
The Argentine president traveled to Brazil to support Flavio Bolsonaro's presidential bid, in a move that links foreign policy, ideological alliances and the regional right-wing contest.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The Institute of Statistics of Buenos Aires City (IDECBA) updated child-rearing costs: a middle-income household spends more than $1.5 million per month for a child aged 0 to 3. Food, education and housing are the heaviest items.
Opinion
Joel Flores, Director of Corporate Accounts at Zoho Corporation
National
The Federal Oral Court of Río Gallegos sentenced Claudio Javier Villamide to three years of suspended imprisonment over the tragedy that killed 44 crew members in 2017. Luis López Mazzeo, Héctor Alonso and Hugo Correa were acquitted.
Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
The mayor formally asked Camuzzi Gas del Sur to prevent disconnections for non-payment, create exceptional debt plans and coordinate assistance for the most vulnerable households.
Misiones
Hugo Passalacqua confirmed the continuation of the benefit agreed with Banco Macro for public employees, retirees and pensioners. The new phase includes debts more than six days overdue and adds ANSES beneficiaries.
