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La Pampa
The Chamber of Commerce survey for May and June showed that 47,6% need to refinance debt and 21,4% reduced staff. Only one third paid suppliers and the mid-year statutory bonus in full, while expectations for the end of 2026 remain mostly negative.
La Rioja
The regional meeting will take place on August 14 with representatives from Córdoba, San Juan, Mendoza, Santiago del Estero, Catamarca, and the host province. Production, employment, development, and distribution of resources will be part of a discussion that also aims at political reorganization towards 2027.
Corrientes
The governor of Corrientes brought to the Norte Grande Assembly a proposal to legislate tariff benefits, expand the gas network, and accelerate logistics routes and infrastructure. He also called for deepening the Waterway and participated in the regional analysis on risks associated with El Niño.
Córdoba
The company sent about 35 dismissal notices and reportedly seeks to cut nearly 70% of its workforce. Employees claim unpaid wages, bonuses, and severance while the UOM and ASIMRA negotiate without agreement before the Labor Secretariat.
Buenos Aires
Goldmund dismantled the plant, moved its machinery to San Martín, and relocated the offices to the City of Buenos Aires. The company is trying to restructure liabilities exceeding 39.234 billion Argentine pesos and reduced its staff from more than 350 to 111 workers.
Misiones
Yerba mate recorded 27 consecutive months of unfavorable indicators and paid producers 260.000 pesos per ton, 13% less in real terms. Cassava faced rising imports, while tobacco and forestry remained in the yellow because their prices grew more slowly than inflation.
San Luis
Master Lajas, Cidal and Cerámica San Lorenzo embody the deterioration of a manufacturing network marked by shutdowns, unpaid wages and outstanding severance. Bagley, Drean and Spar have also seen protests, suspensions or early leave, although their situations do not amount to permanent closures.
National
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.
San Juan
The bloc supported the US$250 million non-refundable advance agreed between San Juan and Vicuña Argentina. It conditioned its backing on transparency, legislative monitoring and tangible benefits for Iglesia in infrastructure, energy, health and employment.
Santa Fe
Santa Fe's Industrial Federation rejected the minister's disparagement of those warning about the sector. It cited falling activity, lost competitiveness, higher costs and uncertainty, and called for a data-based debate on investment, jobs and regional economies.
National
Michael Meding, head of McEwen Copper, said Argentina can help cover part of the global copper deficit if it turns major projects into production with added value and traceability.
Chubut
The head of Trade Employees wants to anticipate the schedule and demand that the parties present concrete responses to the crisis. His platform combines Patagonian wages, tax relief for SMEs, and advantages to recover investment, employment, and purchasing power.
Tucumán
The Tucumán senator accompanied the rejection of Convicción Federal to the project that will arrive at the venue on Thursday. The bloc questioned the expansion of foreign rural ownership from 15% to 25% and linked soil protection with roots, employment and regional economies.
Córdoba
The IECA programme includes commercial, independent and community cinemas and aims to open more than 150 screens to productions made in the province. Llaryora brought the sector together to implement an incentive described as unprecedented nationally.
Jujuy
A provincial decree requires origin certification, an import permit, an affidavit, an electronic transit document and physical inspection for every foreign banana shipment. Jujuy aims to block Black Sigatoka, Ralstonia and Fusarium Tropical Race 4 and protect production in Argentina's northwest.
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.
