Overview

• Fuerza Patria formally launched its September 7 legislative campaign, with Governor Axel Kicillof joined by Vice-Governor Verónica Magario and key mayors pledging a governance-centered message despite pressure from hard-K factions to focus on Cristina Kirchner’s proscription battle.
• La Libertad Avanza has accused Fuerza Patria of electoral fraud by fielding “testimonial” candidates, and its leading figures have vowed to assume office if elected to counter questionable candidacies.
• The Radical Party’s alliance in Buenos Aires province is fracturing over its Somos Buenos Aires coalition, prompting new local lists and leading Mayor Ramiro Egüen of 25 de Mayo to establish his own Acción Ciudadana party.
• Key executive reform initiatives—ranging from deregulation of state bodies to expanded logistics measures—remain stalled by judicial injunctions that Minister Federico Sturzenegger labeled a “reducto de la casta.”
• Public order challenges have intensified, from clandestine motorcycle caravans disrupting La Plata’s nights and bus drivers ramming armed robbers in La Matanza to the closure of eighteen nightlife venues in Querétaro for violating digital curfew mandates.