Overview
- A delegation led by Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno and Defense Minister Carlos Presti visited the Ushuaia site on Friday to inspect the projected Base Naval Integrada as the government moves to fast‑track the project into the 2027 budget.
- The administration has used DNU authority to boost Defense spending and has already assigned about $114.7 billion by decree toward a project estimated at roughly $400 billion.
- Decreto 764/2026 authorizing the AABE to sell a 382,594.79 m² Armada property in Ushuaia remains in force, prompting local leaders including Mayor Walter Vuoto and Governor Gustavo Melella to complain of no consultation and a direct contradiction with the base announcement.
- Foreign Ministry and the Procuración have widened administrative sanctions and criminal complaints under Law 26.659 to about 60 companies and individuals linked to activity around the Malvinas, a campaign that has heightened international friction and led the president to suspend a planned trip to London.
- Provincial governors and some coalition figures are distancing themselves from the national government, which increases the risk that the Presupuesto 2027 and electoral reforms will face tougher debate and could affect the project’s execution and local economic outcomes.