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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 Juan
The group confirmed offices in the province and is studying sites for an operating facility linked to Vicuña and Los Azules. The move revives its experience in major San Juan projects, but the scale, location and timetable of a future plant remain under evaluation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
A World Bank report questioned Tierra del Fuego's promotional regime over its fiscal cost, limited productive gains and lack of a clear transition for the industrial scheme.
San Juan
A logistics report circulating among governors warns that the expected freight surge toward 2035 will require roads, international crossings and rail links before major projects begin production.
San Luis
The governor of San Luis participated in the inauguration of Tyrolit's distribution center in the South Industrial Park and highlighted that the province is moving towards a model of greater logistical competitiveness, taking advantage of its strategic location and connection with the main road corridors.
Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires Bar Association demanded the filling of the four vacancies in the Supreme Court, which operates with only three of its seven members. The entity warned that the delay affects legal certainty and trust in the Justice system.
San Juan
A report on infrastructure and logistics circulating among governors warns that Argentina's logistics system must increase its cargo capacity by more than 50% by 2035. San Juan, with its copper projects, faces critical challenges in roads, international passes and railways.
