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Milei keeps his vice-presidential choice secret and accelerates his 2027 agenda

The president confirmed that he has chosen the person who would join his reelection bid amid his break with Victoria Villarruel. He also renewed his call to eliminate the PASO primaries and made Central Bank reform his legislative priority.

National

Kicillof expands his 2027 project while negotiating its Buenos Aires base with Kirchnerism

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.

Santa Fe

Perotti filled Unidos's vacuum with his own electoral reform for 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.

Buenos Aires

Kicillof and La Cámpora turn the distance from Cristina Kirchner into an electoral rupture

Cristina Kirchner's camp reads the Buenos Aires governor's silence and lack of contact with the former president as a strategy to attract non-Kirchnerist voters. The dispute over primaries and 2027 candidacies is narrowing the room for a truce and pushing Peronism toward a divided contest.

National

Milei designs his reelection bid amid provincial deals and a libertarian succession dispute

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.

Corrientes

Vischi warns there is no consensus to change Argentina's PASO primaries

Corrientes senator Eduardo Vischi said the debate over the primaries still lacks sufficient agreement and left open the possibility of revisiting it during the second half of the year.

Jujuy

Sadir defends the primaries and pushes the government to negotiate with the provinces

The governor of Jujuy rejected eliminating the primaries, while leaving open the possibility of a suspension. His position adds pressure to the electoral reform pushed by the Casa Rosada.

Opinion

Milei's reelection, a coin in the air

Kike Arriaga's opinion

Mendoza

Cornejo confirms Mendoza will not suspend provincial PASO primaries

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.

National

Government negotiates linked lists with governors to suspend the primaries

Diego Santilli is promoting a strategy to eliminate the primaries and allow provincial forces to link their legislative lists to Javier Milei's presidential ticket under the Single Paper Ballot system.

National

Kicillof does not rule out running his own list in the Peronist primaries

The Buenos Aires governor left open the possibility of fielding his own candidates if no internal agreement is reached and again called for a political definition capable of building a national alternative for 2027.