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Salta
Argentina approved the second stage of POSCO's project for the large-investment regime. The plan, located between Salta and Catamarca, targets 23,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate a year and annual exports exceeding US$300 million.
San Luis
Claudio Poggi handed the deeds to Damiana Busto and Ramón Ocampo through the “Escriturá tu Casa” programme. The provincial government says 7,144 families have regularised their homes, linking the process to legal certainty, property value and family inheritance.
Santa Cruz
Decree 673 recognises staff who worked every weekday from February through June 30. The fixed payment is non-salary and non-bonusable, covering classroom teachers, supervisors, school leaders and staff performing specific educational support duties.
Santa Fe
Maximiliano Pullaro signed the decree resulting from the 2025 competition, which drew 6,103 officers. The new ranks take effect from January 1 of that year, while salary differences are recognised from October 1.
Santiago del Estero
Gerardo Zamora and Governor Elías Suárez led meetings at the Estudiantes and Red Star clubs before the August 2 municipal election. Mario Benavente asked activists for a final effort to sustain the provincial and city political project.
Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
The operation moved 98 packages and about 1,500 tonnes from the vessel to the plant site during its first two days. Fifteen trucks and five low-loaders completed 86 trips, while the full plan calls for more than 250 movements.
Tucumán
The La Libertad Avanza deputy attributed the May 9, 2027 provincial election call to a governing-party strategy. Her party is seeking a front with PRO and Radical sectors while preparing a government platform for August.
World
Elon Musk's two listed companies lost more than $1.2 trillion in market value during July. SpaceX's post-IPO reversal and Tesla's shrinking operating profit show how investors are reassessing technology groups that commit large amounts of capital to artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous systems before those projects generate earnings.
National
The governor will send ministers and political organisers to five provinces to expand the Movement for the Right to the Future. His national project also depends on negotiations over mayoral re-election, Cristina Kirchner's situation and Buenos Aires electoral rules.
National
The cabinet chief urged the vice president to step aside after she voiced concern about Javier Milei's condition. The demand turned an internal confrontation into an open dispute between two of Argentina's highest-ranking authorities.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The head of the Fuerza por Buenos Aires caucus challenged the mayor's rapprochement with La Libertad Avanza and contrasted the 2027 campaign with business closures and job losses. Jorge Macri had defended an agreement with the national ruling party.
Buenos Aires
The Techint group company sent dismissal notices to permanent staff despite mandatory conciliation imposed after 150 terminations. The Avellaneda metalworkers' union notified the Buenos Aires Province Labor Ministry, which must assess penalties or legal action when the measure expires.
Chaco
The province will fully cover the premium on the first 200 hectares for SIPACH-registered producers and is designing deferred payment for another 200. Borrowers current on their Más Campo loans may expand the original amount by up to 50 percent.
Chubut
The fishing company's president conditioned his attendance at hearings on a STIA union official taking a toxicology test and promised to undergo the same check. The Labor Secretariat must rule on a conciliation order challenged by the company.
Córdoba
Sector employment has fallen 10.5 percent since December 2023 and stood at 37,694 workers in April. The Metalworking Activity Observatory found that four in ten factories produced less in July and more than half suffered lower profitability.
Corrientes
An agreement between the municipality and Biotoken will measure and certify carbon absorbed by trees for sale on the voluntary market. A pilot will begin in three squares, with future revenue directed to the nursery and new plantings.
