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SUTEF proposes that the provincial bank buy debts and grant a six-month grace period

The teachers' union took a project to the Legislature to relieve indebted public workers. The initiative proposes that the State or the Bank of Tierra del Fuego absorb obligations and postpone collection; legislators had requested to receive the proposal in writing to analyze alternatives.

Buenos Aires

Kicillof takes his message to San Cayetano after the pro-government setback in the Senate

The governor of Buenos Aires joined the pilgrimage of unions and social movements after the Senate approved the private property law without the changes regarding land and fire management. He questioned the repression and linked the march to family indebtedness and wages.

Buenos Aires

Kicillof took Buenos Aires province's opposition to Congress even after the land chapter was withdrawn

The governor joined the demonstration while the Senate debated the Private Property Inviolability Bill. He welcomed the withdrawal of changes to the Land Law but challenged the provisions on evictions and fire management.

Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Plaza Armenia was removed from the parking-garage plan, but the exclusion still needs formal approval

Buenos Aires City officials told Palermo residents that no garage will be built under the square. The site still appears in the technical preselection order and is due to be removed when a 20-year concession for the other four locations is awarded.

National

Senate moved ahead with eviction and expropriation rules after dropping the land reform

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.

Mendoza

Peronist lawmakers seek to question Latorre over the separate Los Nihuiles concession

Peronist blocs in both chambers want the energy minister and heads of state companies to explain the 30-year process. They challenge the decision to separate Los Nihuiles from the Diamante system and seek details on assets, funds and provincial participation.

San Luis

San Luis universities joined the constitutional reform debate

Faculty and students from UNSL and the Catholic University of Cuyo took part in the seventh joint committee meeting. The project proposes term limits, a runoff, judicial changes, digital rights, constitutional protection of water and new federal rules.

Neuquén

Saloniti will answer allegations before the council decides whether to open impeachment proceedings

The mayor of San Martín de los Andes will speak at a special session on 3 September. He will answer allegations concerning sewage, the municipal debt to EPEN and the comptroller's office; only then will councillors decide whether proceedings should begin.

Tucumán

Federal court barred Pagani and forced the UNT governing group to rebuild its ticket

By four votes to one, Tucumán's Federal Appeals Court ruled that the current rector cannot run for rector or vice-rector in 2026-2030. Mercedes Leal now heads the ticket, and José Hugo Saab's group has 48 hours to name a running mate.

Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Nine out of ten homes in working-class neighborhoods of Buenos Aires have some deficit

A survey of 56,667 households shows that 89% face housing, service, or ownership problems. Almost 10,000 families need another unit, 33,956 require improvements, and 25,050 live in adequate houses but without regularized property titles.

National

The Government withdraws the Land chapter to avoid a defeat in the Senate

La Libertad Avanza did not gather the votes to raise from 15% to 25% the limit of rural land in foreign hands. The ruling party will keep Thursday's session with the chapters on expropriations, evictions, fire management, and real estate registries.

Formosa

School notebooks spark a dispute over Modelo Formoseño in fourth grade

Agostina Villaggi reported to Human Capital activities that present 1995, the year Gildo Insfrán came to government, as a provincial transformation. Education defended its teaching as local history; a specialist asked to distinguish it from partisan exaltation.

La Rioja

Quintela promises to review investments and hardens his dispute over natural resources

The governor of La Rioja stated that a future Peronist government will examine the projects favored by the RIGI and could nationalize or expropriate when it deems necessary. He rejected the Land reform, described his relationship with the Nation as null, and will take the claims to the Norte Grande.

Buenos Aires

Kicillof organizes his bloc and puts municipal re-elections on the agenda

The governor gathered the legislators of MDF to coordinate parliamentary activity and support the project that eliminates the limit of two consecutive terms. The mayors are pressing, but Frente Renovador holds a decisive key and maintains its rejection.

Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

An audit exposes failures in the police response to gender-based violence

The oversight of the performance of the Buenos Aires police during 2024 revealed that 26.2% of complaints ended up in police stations without specialized staff. It also detected delays in information, gaps in training, and unreliable statistics for making public policy decisions.

National

The Government sets a foreign cap of 25% to save the land law

The new ruling replaces the unlimited opening with a national and provincial maximum of 25% for foreign buyers. Patricia Bullrich added controls for States and companies with public participation, while the ruling party calculates between 38 and 40 votes for Thursday.