Overview

• The Argentine Chamber of Deputies used a broad opposition majority to give media sanción to a university financing bill, sending it to the Senate despite President Milei’s vow to veto measures that threaten the fiscal surplus.
• President Javier Milei reiterated his commitment to maintaining a budget surplus and signaled he would again deploy his veto power if the Senate approves the university funding law, following his recent rejections of pension and disability aid.
• Daily demonstrations by retirees, people with disabilities, students and healthcare workers continued outside the Congreso under reinforced deployments of Federal Police, Gendarmería Nacional, Prefectura Naval and Policía de la Ciudad using water cannons and tear gas.
• Governors aligned with the Provincias Unidas front provided only partial support for the session quorum—through absences and late arrivals—highlighting growing frictions in Argentina’s fiscal federalism.
• In Mexico City, Morena’s secretary of organization Andy López Beltrán issued a statement affirming he paid for his Tokyo trip with personal funds and accusing conservative adversaries of sending “spies,” while President Sheinbaum reiterated her pledge to lead with humility and austerity.