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National
The cabinet chief urged the vice president to step aside after she voiced concern about Javier Milei's condition. The demand turned an internal confrontation into an open dispute between two of Argentina's highest-ranking authorities.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The head of the Fuerza por Buenos Aires caucus challenged the mayor's rapprochement with La Libertad Avanza and contrasted the 2027 campaign with business closures and job losses. Jorge Macri had defended an agreement with the national ruling party.
Buenos Aires
The Techint group company sent dismissal notices to permanent staff despite mandatory conciliation imposed after 150 terminations. The Avellaneda metalworkers' union notified the Buenos Aires Province Labor Ministry, which must assess penalties or legal action when the measure expires.
Córdoba
Sector employment has fallen 10.5 percent since December 2023 and stood at 37,694 workers in April. The Metalworking Activity Observatory found that four in ten factories produced less in July and more than half suffered lower profitability.
Mendoza
Pampa Energía's concession expired on July 27 and Mendoza's state company temporarily took over the complex. The province and national government launched a joint tender to select an operator before December 31, with two plants out of service and major investment needs.
Salta
Chief of Staff Sergio Camacho said the election could be held in May or early June 2027. The call should be formalized about six months beforehand, while a possible new candidacy by Governor Gustavo Sáenz remains unconfirmed.
National
Javier Milei will use a national broadcast to present a reform of the Central Bank charter that transforms the institution without abolishing it. The address, scheduled for 8 p.m. and recorded at the Casa Rosada with the economic team, will precede the bill's submission to Congress in early August.
Mendoza
Luis Petri has intensified his Mendoza tours and positioned himself as LLA's potential successor to Alfredo Cornejo. He has not been asked to withdraw, remains in contact with Javier Milei and appears competitive in government-linked polls.
Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
Peronismo de la Soberanía and CERRO will present the alliance at an August 1 provincial meeting open to new members. Its promoters describe it as an alternative focused on production, work, social justice and sovereignty, with a critical stance toward the national government.
Neuquén
The IMF managing director will tour Loma Campana with YPF president Horacio Marín, the first visit by the institution's top authority to the Neuquén formation. The trip links hydrocarbon export potential with reserves, macroeconomic stability and the Fund's current program with Argentina.
Buenos Aires
The Economy Ministry refused to authorize international financing for a plant serving La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada and told the province to use its own funds or restructure existing loans. Buenos Aires says the ARS 450 billion project would absorb much of its investment budget without external credit.
Córdoba
The December 2025 bill sought to ban informal parking fees and windshield cleaning at traffic lights, while providing penalties for failure to comply with the mandatory vaccination schedule. It would expand police powers and raised Security Minister Juan Pablo Quinteros's profile ahead of 2027.
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.
Buenos Aires
Cristina Kirchner's camp reads the Buenos Aires governor's silence and lack of contact with the former president as a strategy to attract non-Kirchnerist voters. The dispute over primaries and 2027 candidacies is narrowing the room for a truce and pushing Peronism toward a divided contest.
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.
National
Javier Milei took his anti-left discourse to a Bolsonaro-aligned event in São Paulo, backed Flávio Bolsonaro and again strained the political relationship with Lula's government.
