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Mendoza
Provincial revenue fell 2.2% in the first half despite signs of economic recovery. Agriculture, energy and mining are advancing while commerce, industry and construction retreat; that mix reduces tax collection and forces Alfredo Cornejo's government to plan with tighter resources.
Neuquén
Neuquén city added more than 60,000 square meters of construction in the first quarter, while sector employers grew 9.2%. Añelo shows the other side of the boom: workers and projects arrive faster than housing, services and urban infrastructure expand.
Río Negro
Luis Caputo authorized a US$60 million IDB loan to integrate Río Negro's 36 hospitals and 191 primary care centers. Alberto Weretilneck also received an expected timetable for a second US$85 million loan for irrigation, rural electrification and emergency prevention.
Salta
The 2026 Salta Mining Summit identified roads, energy, connectivity, water and technical training as conditions for lithium, copper and gold to generate local activity. Companies, government and communities must also reduce delays, provide verifiable information and prepare workers before production starts.
Santa Fe
APYME Santa Fe described a chain in which high rates, falling consumption and the debt of businesses and families reinforce one another. The organization is calling for long-term financing and warns that account seizures can interrupt wages, payments and production.
Santiago del Estero
The provincial revenue agency recorded 3,661 plans covering more than ARS4.631 billion. Almost half the operations were settled in cash, but the breakdown reveals two different realities: vehicle tax leads in participation, while rural property tax carries the largest monetary volume.
Río Negro
The project entered the RIGI program with a planned 472.5-kilometer pipeline between Tratayén and San Antonio Oeste. It will feed two floating liquefaction units in the San Matías Gulf and is designed to carry up to 28 million cubic meters per day.
Buenos Aires
Axel Kicillof appointed three full members and three alternates by decree, while the lower house approved its legislative representatives. The Executive's seats are now filled, but the body that selects judicial officials still depends on a pending Senate choice.
National
Electoral reform and changes to the Central Bank remain without agreements, while other proposals are sidelined or face territorial resistance. The Executive expects 25 judicial nominations to be considered next week and keeps the foreign land-sale dispute scheduled for August 6.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The Presidency's secretary general gathered La Libertad Avanza lawmakers from Buenos Aires city and province at the Casa Rosada. The meeting opened working groups on candidate lists, primaries and local alliances, but settled no names and set no public timetable for the next decisions.
National
Javier Milei took his anti-left discourse to a Bolsonaro-aligned event in São Paulo, backed Flávio Bolsonaro and again strained the political relationship with Lula's government.
National
The Argentine president traveled to Brazil to support Flavio Bolsonaro's presidential bid, in a move that links foreign policy, ideological alliances and the regional right-wing contest.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires City mayor again raised the possibility of an agreement between PRO and La Libertad Avanza in the capital, with reelection and a bid to stop Peronism at the center of the debate.
Buenos Aires
The province ended the conciliation process with the national government after no payment offer was presented and asked the Supreme Court to move forward with interim relief over pension-fund transfers.
Chaco
No'oxonec is taking part in the Palermo Rural Expo with threads, fabrics, ribbons and garments developed through an experience that brings together rural and Indigenous families, Chaco design and industrial value added within the province.
Chubut
Ignacio Torres urged operators to turn the new price environment into production and jobs during the transfer of Manantiales Behr from YPF to PECOM.
