Overview

• Archbishop Jorge García Cuerva decried President Javier Milei’s veto on a pension increase as an injustice against retirees and people with disabilities.
• Thousands of union members and social organizations, including the CGT and CTA, marched from the basilica in Liniers to Plaza de Mayo to press for labor rights and economic relief.
• Heavy rain in Palpalá forced organizers to relocate the central mass to the Escuela de Comercio, where Mayor Eduardo Rivarola urged that “with faith and work we can pull Palpalá forward” and concluded the day with a civic, military and gaucho parade.
• In Catamarca, devotees braved cold drizzle to process with images of San Cayetano under Bishop Luis Urbanc and Father Salvador Acevedo, offering special prayers for the unemployed and civic engagement.
• National celebrations united church hierarchs and local officials in merging spiritual devotion with critiques of economic policy to amplify calls for social justice and solidarity.