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Industria
Local sports footwear production is losing scale as major brands prioritize imports and regional relocation, leaving plants smaller, demand weaker, and jobs under pressure.
Mundo
Bolivia's government will keep gasoline, diesel, CNG, LPG and aviation fuel prices unchanged for 12 months. After that, a new formula will incorporate the international oil price, the average exchange rate and an adjustment factor.
Formosa
Jorge Jofré and Julio César Zamora signed an institutional cooperation agreement to exchange experience in public
Mundo
Output reached 150.75 million tonnes, up 0.7 percent from a year earlier. The increase was driven by higher yield per hectare despite an almost stable planted area.
Entre Ríos
The province signed the start of a $25 billion energy upgrade, including a 132 kV line between Crespo and Viale, a new digital transformer station and an expected 600-day timeline.
Mundo
A private report positions Brazil as the winner of the new regional automotive race: it has around USD 34 billion in announced investments through 2033, compared with about USD 2 billion in Argentina. The gap reshapes jobs, suppliers, technology and industrial power in Mercosur.
Mundo
New U.S. strikes and Iranian reprisals against Gulf bases disrupt maritime traffic, pressure oil prices and leave a barely opened negotiation channel in suspense.
Opinión
Kike Arriaga's opinion
La Rioja
La Rioja State Attorney Emilio Rodríguez announced a filing before the Supreme Court seeking the annulment of decree-law 18,004, issued during Onganía's dictatorship. San Juan rejected the claim and defended the validity of its provincial boundaries.
San Luis
The teachers' union rejected the 20% staged increase announced by Claudio Poggi and demanded an immediate real wage recovery. According to UTEP, San Luis lost 52% of purchasing power since September 2023 and almost one third of wages remain non-remunerative sums.
La Rioja
La Rioja's executive sent a bill to create an Electoral Tribunal and an Electoral Court with specific jurisdiction. The initiative does not change the voting method, but concentrates powers over the calendar, voter roll, challenges, parties and final count.
San Juan
Emilio Achem said the province climbed from the next-to-last position to seventh place nationally in teacher salaries. Negotiations with UDAP, UDA and AMET remain open, with an offer of 3% in August, 3% in October and improvements in connectivity, the teacher scale and remote-area supplements.
Buenos Aires
Tenaris SIAT, part of Grupo Techint, terminated 150 contracts at its Valentín Alsina plant after losing two tenders linked to Vaca Muerta and Southern Energy's LNG project. The decision hits the country's only factory of this type of pipe.
Entre Ríos
Chemical workers at UnionBat's plant in the Gualeguaychú Industrial Park are maintaining a camp and shifts outside the facility to prevent possible dismantling. They are demanding Labour Ministry intervention and job continuity.
Mendoza
Alfredo Cornejo said Mendoza will keep the open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries for the provincial electoral calendar. The statement clears doubts over a possible suspension and marks a difference from the national debate on electoral rules.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
A draft resolution filed in the Chamber of Deputies and signed by the six national lawmakers from the UCR demands that the government speed up implementation of the accusatory system in Buenos Aires City. The bloc warns that further delays affect access to justice and weaken constitutional guarantees.
