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World
Xi Jinping defended Brazil's sovereignty and rejected external interference in a conversation with Lula. The statement followed Javier Milei's attacks in São Paulo and connected the Argentine-Brazilian crisis with political, trade and technological coordination between Beijing and Brasília.
Buenos Aires
Cristina Kirchner's camp reads the Buenos Aires governor's silence and lack of contact with the former president as a strategy to attract non-Kirchnerist voters. The dispute over primaries and 2027 candidacies is narrowing the room for a truce and pushing Peronism toward a divided contest.
National
The Casa Rosada seeks to turn dialogue with governors into an electoral platform for 2027, with funding, provincial calendars and rule changes as bargaining pieces. At the same time, Victoria Villarruel and Patricia Bullrich are developing profiles of their own within a governing coalition already debating its future.
San Luis
Ital Vinil presented a US$2.5 million expansion to direct its pipe business toward oil and mining, while Carin Puntana already sells plastic products in 16 countries. The projects show different paths of industrial renewal and create new energy and infrastructure requirements.
Santa Cruz
A review counted ARS44.8938 billion transferred to Santa Cruz from 2024 through June 2026 but could not verify its use or accounting in housing. The dispute intersects with unfinished projects and a bill granting exceptional powers to the Executive.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
