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What Argentina can still gain thanks to the World Cup

By Carlos Trelles, CEO of AXON Marketing & Communications

Córdoba

Martín Llaryora restructures Cabinet: Manuel Calvo to be new Chief of Staff

The governor of Córdoba has launched a cabinet restructuring amid the new national scenario. Manuel Calvo leaves the Ministry of Government to become Chief of Staff, with authority over strategic areas.

Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires City records a 17.3% drop in tax revenue since 2023

The end of the tax on LELIQs and the slowdown in consumption explain the fiscal decline in Buenos Aires, according to an IARAF report. Only the energy-producing provinces are growing in a landscape of contrasts.

National

Land as a promise to foreign capital: the Senate weighs the private property bill

The government is seeking Senate approval for a bill that would allow unlimited purchases of rural land and fast-track evictions, with the vote still uncertain.

National

Villarruel brings the Malvinas issue into the Argentina-England build-up and distances herself from the Casa Rosada

The vice president posted a sharply nationalist message before the semifinal against England, while the government tried to lower the political temperature around the match.

Santa Cruz

Gadano presses PAE to keep oil jobs in Santa Cruz

The national senator backed SIPGER's demand for Pan American Energy to apply Law 90/10 in the Santa Cruz section of Cerro Dragón and prioritize local workers.

Tucumán

Peronist youth seek to rebuild the PJ from the provinces

A federal congress in Tucumán brought together young leaders from several provinces and placed generational renewal, criticism of Buenos Aires centralism and Peronism's reorganization on the agenda.

Jujuy

Jujuy moves ahead with a new bridge on Route 66 to connect Alto Comedero and Palpalá

Carlos Sadir inspected the road project on National Route 66, designed to improve connectivity, safety and traffic

Catamarca

Catamarca welcomes LIEX's RIGI approval and aims to scale its lithium hub in Fiambalá

Raúl Jalil welcomed the approval of LIEX's project under the RIGI framework, with a USD 709 million investment to expand lithium carbonate production at the Tres Quebradas salt flat.

Santiago del Estero

Santiago del Estero votes in its municipalities as the ruling coalition tests its strength against La Libertad Avanza

On August 2, 25 municipalities will elect mayors and council members. The Frente Cívico and the PJ defend an almost complete territorial network, while La Libertad Avanza seeks to gain ground with its own candidates.

Río Negro

Río Negro seeks to turn energy expansion into local jobs and infrastructure

Senator Oscar Fullone met with Energy Secretary María Tettamanti to review projects linked to Vaca Muerta, LNG, mining and the RIGI framework, with a focus on provincial jobs, services and infrastructure.

Corrientes

Vischi warns there is no consensus to change Argentina's PASO primaries

Corrientes senator Eduardo Vischi said the debate over the primaries still lacks sufficient agreement and left open the possibility of revisiting it during the second half of the year.

National

Carsa returns to insolvency protection and exposes pressure on appliance retail

Musimundo's licensee requested insolvency protection with liabilities above 63.5 billion pesos. The filing seeks to reorganize debt and avoid deeper deterioration.

Formosa

UCR presses the Supreme Court over Insfrán's reelection bid in Formosa

Leonel Chiarella took the Radical Party's demand to Formosa, urging the Supreme Court to decide whether the provincial reform can allow another Gildo Insfrán candidacy in 2027.

Chaco

Chaco seeks to put the bridge with Paraguay at the center of the regional agenda

Leandro Zdero met in Asunción with Pedro Alliana and Fabio López to promote a physical link between Chaco and Paraguay, conceived as key infrastructure for productive, commercial and logistics integration.

Corrientes

NEA governors align agendas around electoral reform, public works and funding

Hugo Passalacqua and Juan Pablo Valdés met in Posadas with an agenda that combined electoral reform, talks with the national government and demands over gas, the waterway and regional infrastructure.