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Buenos Aires
Fesimubo blocked the Buenos Aires-La Plata highway for several hours near Ezpeleta and confirmed a gradual protest plan. The dispute combines wages below the poverty line, loss of purchasing power, precarious hiring and delays in provincial bargaining and social-protection institutions.
Buenos Aires
The governor is gathering mayors and officials in La Plata to set priorities for 2027. Primaries, municipal reelection, expansion beyond Buenos Aires and the deteriorated relationship with La Cámpora shape a debate aimed at turning the MDF into an autonomous structure without breaking the Peronist front.
National
The Finance and Budget committees gathered 44 signatures among 69 members present to accept the Senate's changes. The reform focuses the Central Bank on preserving the currency's value, bans public-sector financing and leaves appointments and removals subject to an absolute Senate majority.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The governor led the second day of the city's Productive Congress at Teatro Astros and projected a national alternative to Milei. The presence of groups linked to Olmos and Grabois, La Cámpora's absence and the MDF's weak local roots exposed the limits of the project.
Buenos Aires
An appeal by the provincial executive suspended the injunction blocking increases of 1.5% to 3.5% for about 1.5 million users. The merits remain unresolved, including the public hearing, national cost components, the social tariff and the system's financial sustainability.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The militant teachers' union will take a strike and march proposal to its October 28 assembly. It links the detention of subway delegates with the 5% wage settlement, education reforms, the health-sector conflict and the 2027 city budget.
La Pampa
The Provincial Council celebrated the normalization of the Peronist Youth and the October 17 rally, but the absence of Luciano di Nápoli and Fernanda Alonso exposed tensions. The leadership accepts possible primaries for 2027 while seeking to preserve provincial control and contain Fuerza Pampa.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Police intervention during an open-turnstile protest ended with three subway union delegates detained, more than five hours without service and a political dispute over the city government's responsibility. The union was ordered to guarantee at least 50% service.
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Infrastructure Minister Gabriel Katopodis confirmed he wants to run for governor, defended continuity with Axel Kicillof's administration and called for the Peronist nomination to be settled through an internal vote.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The city legislature approved nominees for judges, prosecutors and child-protection advisers of the future labor court system by 50 votes to two, with one abstention. Implementation still depends on a funding agreement with the federal government.
Buenos Aires
The federation of municipal workers blocked the northern collector road of Panamericana and announced an incremental action plan over wages and the call for the Municipal Employment Council.
Buenos Aires
At a meeting in Mar del Plata, Sebastián Pareja said the libertarian caucus would not support changes or reinterpretations of the rules limiting municipal terms. The statement came at a Fifth Electoral Section gathering while the Buenos Aires Legislature continues debating mayors' eligibility for further terms.
National
Thirty-seven days before the pope's arrival, the presidential office chose not to answer the social and political criticism voiced by Archbishop Jorge García Cuerva. Karina Milei is coordinating with the Vatican, while a public attack by the BICE chairman remained an exception to the government's de-escalation strategy.
Buenos Aires
Santiago and Manuel Passaglia visited Añelo, presented indicators from their municipal record and announced a new phase for Hechos. The group seeks a presence across Buenos Aires Province's 135 municipalities and beyond, while no 2027 candidacy has yet been formalised.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires City Legislature began discussing changes to Law 2,451. La Libertad Avanza is seeking a rapid process, while Peronism demands the full involvement of the Children's Committee and stresses prevention, state care and procedural safeguards.
National
The presidential office is considering how to address a segment that consultants and politicians call “ningunismo,” or identification with no party. The debate involves the government's narrative, governors, electoral reform and internal tensions, while available estimates do not support electoral predictions.
