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Argentina’s 2026 Budget Push Stalls as Opposition Demands Funding and Caputo’s Testimony

Opposition sets funding of three recently approved social and education laws as the nonnegotiable condition.

Overview

  • In a closed-door meeting convened by Chamber president Martín Menem, officials Carlos Guberman and José Rolandi briefed a reduced group of deputies without securing commitments.
  • Dialogue blocs said they will not advance unless the Budget includes resources to execute the disability emergency, Garrahan pediatric financing, and university funding laws.
  • Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Nicolás Massot and others demanded that Economy Minister Luis Caputo appear in Congress to defend the plan before negotiations continue.
  • Unión por la Patria rejected the ad hoc talks and insisted on formal committee debate, with hearings scheduled this week for Alejandro Cacace, Maximiliano Fariña, Julio Cordero and other officials.
  • The chamber’s Nov. 4 target to issue a committee report is now uncertain, and the government is preparing post‑election cabinet adjustments that may give Santiago Caputo a formal role.