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Corrientes
The equipment purchased by Juan Guden can turn a car or pickup into a metal bale in three minutes and process up to 130 units per shift. The company plans to add an industrial furnace and is considering future exports, with no contract or date yet.
Chaco
Sergio Massa closed a meeting in Resistencia with leaders from Chaco, Corrientes and Misiones and called for broader Peronist unity. Working groups produced proposals on infrastructure, energy, science, youth employment, housing, education, health, culture and tourism as the movement prepares for 2027.
Buenos Aires
The national launch of Movimiento Derecho al Futuro, opposition leaders' tours and a September poll revived a strategic debate: whether bringing together rejection of Javier Milei is enough, or whether the opposition must first agree on a common programme, electoral identity and internal rules.
Chaco
A report released by the Chaco senator combined ADIMRA figures on metalworking, installed capacity, jobs and informality to challenge the performance of the real economy. Activity fell 6.1% year on year in August and operated at 39.6% capacity as the debate moves toward the 2027 budget.
La Pampa
Deputy Adrián Ravier will lead the provincial Executive Council, while Rural Society figure Federico Cobreros will chair the party congress. The distribution of posts excluded internal sectors linked to Luciano Ortiz, Juan Pablo Patterer and Martín Matzkin.
National
Two motions received 133 votes, above the 129 needed for quorum but short of the threshold required to set aside the rules. Opposition blocs want to debate the disability emergency and household debt, although they must still secure actual attendance.
National
Factory output fell 4.9% year on year and 5% from June in July; construction dropped 4.5% from 2025 and 4.6% monthly. Twelve of sixteen industrial divisions contracted, while private August indicators confirmed that a recovery remains postponed.
Mendoza
Mayor Omar Félix requested three aircraft for at least eight years and provincial funding for half of operating costs. Minister Rodolfo Vargas Arizu kept the offer at two, challenged the municipality's evidence and defended direct aid against frost, which accounts for most damaged acreage.
Santiago del Estero
The senator from Santiago del Estero told Vialidad Nacional's administrator that the agency's real budget is 79% below its level three years ago. He also warned that nearly six of every ten surveyed kilometres are in poor or fair condition and demanded an explanation of fuel-tax funds.
Tucumán
Naturgy NOA imposed a restriction from Monday on both interruptible and firm contracts amid unusually low temperatures. Citrus companies again face higher costs after the total cuts of June and July, when some had to discard lemon peel or buy gas at prices up to four times higher.
Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires governor completed a twelve-hour visit, signed agreements on security, productive development and agriculture, and toured technology and yerba mate institutions. His meeting with Hugo Passalacqua added a new image to Kicillof's federal outreach and revealed shared criticism of national economic policy.
Corrientes
Severance payments reached employees on the Litoral corridor at General Belgrano Bridge, Riachuelo and Ituzaingó. The new contracts provide for greater automation, but private concessionaires have not said how many current workers they will hire.
Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires governor brought together business owners, industry chambers and unions to challenge the national economic programme. Verónica Magario pointed to high costs, imports and falling consumption, while Augusto Costa reported 1,597 company closures and more than 46,000 industrial jobs lost.
Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
The mayor of Ushuaia published an open letter about the labor dispute and argued that the company's growth was enabled by industrial incentives and workers in Tierra del Fuego. He called for the layoffs to be reversed, but the selected information contains no company response.
La Rioja
The Catamarca textile company attributed the cuts to a reorganization amid falling consumption and rising imports. Employees questioned the use of WhatsApp to notify them and are awaiting a conciliation hearing called by the provincial labor authority.
National
Will Der closed two plants, Unilever shut its industrial operation in Guaymallén and IGT33 entered court-supervised restructuring while remaining a legally active company. Argentina has recorded 30,633 fewer employers since December 2023.
