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La Rioja
The Five-Year Plan 2026-2030 prioritizes copper and lithium, with 566.180 hectares under prospecting and 64.681 in initial exploration. The Government promises water monitoring, social participation, employment, and local suppliers; these mechanisms will still need to prove their effectiveness and build community acceptance.
Córdoba
The Río Seco representative asked to step aside while an investigation into sexual abuse and grooming advances in Villa de María. One of the eleven detainees is a legislative adviser; the courts have yet to determine individual responsibility.
La Pampa
Ceballos mayor Juan Cruz Vega joined the support for the provincial UCR chair. He proposed a broad coalition against the PJ but said the gubernatorial nomination should remain in Radical hands.
Corrientes
Before the governors' summit in Posadas, the Corrientes leader highlighted cooperation with Hugo Passalacqua on tariffs, infrastructure, and regional corridors. He also stated that potential mining investors gave a favorable evaluation, although procedures still remain, and he did not report companies, areas, minerals, or schedule.
Chubut
The UNPSJB Economics Observatory compared the cessations with 123 new permits, although more than seven in ten were renewals or changes involving existing businesses. Sales fell between 15% and 29% in the first half of the year, increasing uncertainty.
Catamarca
The reform passed the Senate and seeks to authorize the provincial company to transfer, assign or encumber more than 450 mining properties. The bill adapts its legal form to the national framework and adds transparency duties, but it still has to complete the legislative process.
Tucumán
Alejandra Pistagnesi argued that a practice historically integrated into the production system became a limitation in the face of markets demanding sustainability. Their proposal calls for a fire-free transition, although it does not detail timelines, instruments, or costs.
Chaco
The customer service company attributed the cut to the loss of one of its main contracts. The measure reached operators, supervisors and administrators of a city with just over 30,000 inhabitants, where the company had set up shop in 2023 with expansion plans.
Entre Ríos
The governor reviewed pension, health, education, and public works changes, highlighted an agreement of ARS 120,000 million for the Pension Fund, and called on 400 officials to explain the official direction. He also ordered preparations for a possible impact of El Niño.
Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
Patricio Cornejo warned that the intervention and the conflict with workers are creating uncertainty among Antarctic cruise operators. He criticized the lack of answers, called for a faster resolution and said the destination's future planning depends on operational, legal and economic guarantees.
National
The proposal redefines the preservation of the currency's value as its central mission, prohibits financing the Treasury, and changes rules for removal, reserves, and profits. LLA and allied blocs signed the report with two technical adjustments and aim to debate it on August 26.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Two projects seek to simplify economic procedures and modify the effect of administrative silence in the City. The scheme provides for a single window, a digital file, and provisional authorizations with subsequent control for low-risk activities, while maintaining prior controls in sensitive sectors.
Catamarca
Eight libertarian deputies supported the provincial Executive's project to modify the legal structure of the mining and energy company. Francisco Monti and Laura Quintero voted against it along with other opposition blocs; due to the changes introduced, the initiative now returns to the upper chamber.
San Luis
Deputies approved by 27 votes against 11 the RIPEE, which brings together tax exemptions, labor subsidies, financing, and management of fiscal properties. The scheme covers multiple activities, includes trade, and sets benefits of up to 15 years for new investments in the province.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The legislator estimated that removing the 50% discount on the second train-subway leg could cost a regular commuter up to 7.300 pesos a month. He proposed a daily pass integrating trains, subways and buses, although the initiative still lacks parliamentary status and public endorsements.
Buenos Aires
The project seeks to recognize the right of people with disabilities to access support to lead an autonomous life and, at the same time, to establish a framework for those who provide the service. Progress in commission does not yet equal the final enactment of the law.
