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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.
Catamarca
The head of the Frente de Todos bloc in the provincial lower house asked Catamarca's three senators to reject the federal bill on August 6. He challenged the removal of limits on foreign buyers and called for protection of provincial resources.
Formosa
Senator Tessie González led a Justicialist Party forum and warned that the federal bill would remove restrictions on foreign buyers in border areas. She also challenged changes involving fire management and evictions before the August 6 debate.
La Rioja
Wado de Pedro, Juliana Di Tullio, Jorge Taiana, Máximo Kirchner and Pascual Fernández traveled to La Rioja for the 50th anniversary of Bishop Enrique Angelelli's martyrdom and the Riojan Blesseds. The agenda combines remembrance, a political forum and interprovincial dialogue.
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.
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.
Neuquén
The municipal consultation has passed 50,000 votes and will remain open throughout August to complete a 90-day period. Residents may choose from eight names or suggest another, and the result will be opened before a notary public.
San Luis
The constitutional committees of both chambers examined a federal clause, rights involving algorithms and artificial intelligence, international agreements and a runoff system. The bill would also restrict a future Constitutional Convention to matters expressly authorized by law.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Officials and legislators from La Libertad Avanza and PRO held a forum in the Buenos Aires City legislature that turned abortion, comprehensive sex education, birth rates and family policy into common political ground. The event brought both forces together as their broader relationship grows closer.
Jujuy
Jujuy's PJ reaches its list deadline divided between Carolina Moisés and a coalition led by deputy Rubén Rivarola with La Cámpora, Fellner allies and sectors linked to Carlos Haquim and Guillermo Snopek. The internal vote is August 30.
Santiago del Estero
Gerardo Zamora and Governor Elías Suárez led two rallies ahead of the August 2 municipal election. The governing candidate brought Frente Encuentro Cívico and the Justicialist Party together around public services, municipal proximity and inclusion.
Santa Fe
The upper chamber resumes after four weeks and the restoration of its hall, which will bear the names of Aldo Tessio and Jorge Obeid. A future Electoral Code has broad support within Unidos, but senators and deputies have yet to organize the competing bills.
Entre Ríos
A Paraguayan court gave the former Entre Ríos senator and Iara Guinsel two-year suspended sentences for attempting to enter with US$200,000 undeclared. Judge Matías Garcete Piris said the unanimous ruling relied on trial evidence and a 2019 law; the defense disputes that cash is merchandise.
Santa Fe
Peronists introduced their proposal while Maximiliano Pullaro's coalition remained unable to agree on how to link executive and legislative candidacies. The bill keeps five separate single ballots, retains the primaries, sets electoral thresholds and would remove lawmakers who abandon the alliance that elected them.
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.
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.
