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Buenos Aires
The company stopped operating its plants in Las Flores and Ricardo Rojas. The Las Flores municipality met with some employees and linked the textile crisis to import liberalization and falling consumption, while awaiting the payment of severance and activation of the corresponding coverage.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The leader and former legislator Yamil Santoro stated that the Buenos Aires electorate prioritizes order, security, and fiscal responsibility. He downplayed the agreements for the re-election of Jorge Macri, questioned the latest electoral strategy of PRO, and did not rule out a primary against La Libertad Avanza.
Catamarca
The Unión Industrial de Catamarca requested reference values for imported products and better conditions for northern firms to compete. Luis Caputo said his team is studying an origin-based control system, while another meeting in Buenos Aires is being arranged without a confirmed date.
Formosa
The governor of Formosa rejected the idea that there is no force capable of disputing the direction of the country and called to bring together the Justicialist Party with national and popular sectors. The political statement accompanied the announcement of a provincial salary increase of 15% in three installments.
La Rioja
The incorporation of Arauco Solar I raised the nominal capacity of the Rioja site to 285 MW wind and 60 MW solar. The photovoltaic park has been operating commercially since July and recorded in June a capacity factor of 20.39% during its testing phase.
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.
Buenos Aires
Banking, productive, and technical leaders analyzed credit, land and fire management, profitability, machinery, sorghum, and the Congress Aapresid. The interventions showed different diagnoses and sectoral proposals, without forming a common program or new official decisions.
Mendoza
The mayor of the Mendoza capital announced that he will run for the Governorship in 2027 and requested that the alliance's candidacy be decided through open primaries. He valued macroeconomic stability but demanded productive development, infrastructure, and a broader territorial perspective.
Jujuy
Pedro Pascuttini presented before Senate committees the loss of competitiveness of the sector due to taxes, energy, fuels, and freight. The Tobacco Chamber requested regulatory tools to sustain production and exports and reminded that the activity is the second largest employer in the province.
Santiago del Estero
The governor of Santiago del Estero planned to sign with Raúl Jalil and national authorities the agreement for aqueducts and water treatment plants in Región del Albigasta. The project financed by BID would benefit almost 36.000 inhabitants of Choya and La Paz.
Neuquén
The governor stated that the current contract does not meet the provincial growth and confirmed negotiations to change the management of Presidente Perón airport. The future tender would include infrastructure, cargo, land connections, and services, with a possible bidding before the end of the year.
Santa Fe
A calculation by the municipal Treasury Department measured the national revenue generated by gasoline and diesel charges in the city. The report compared that amount with local works and equipment, and estimated a return of ARS 1,300 million if it were shared like IVA.
Santiago del Estero
The complex's management has injected capital for more than a year to cover its monthly deficit. Lost foot traffic, digital commerce and taxes reduced occupancy below half, but the warning does not yet amount to a closure that has been decided or carried out.
Buenos Aires
Entrepreneurs, workers, and senators toured the mining hub in the provincial center and reported reduced production, sales below cost, layoffs, and equipment sales. The legislative commission will continue the local meetings to turn sectoral demands into a project agenda.
National
The President plans to personally lead the presentation of the project, as he did in 2024. In 2025 he opted for a recorded message. The visit will require a special security operation and will open a new stage of parliamentary debate, without guaranteeing the approval of the initiative.
Buenos Aires
The Deliberative Council unanimously approved the initiative promoted by Francisco Echarren. The process foresees the election of delegates and aims to create its own institutional, economic, and regulatory framework, although its development could take years and reopens a legal controversy in the province.
