Overview

• At the IDEA forum in Mar del Plata, Patricia Bullrich urged provincial leaders to lower taxes and criticized governors for repeatedly requesting federal transfers.
• She argued that U.S. Treasury assistance is an unprecedented support mechanism rather than foreign interference and said the bilateral backing does not hinge on the October 26 vote.
• Bullrich sought to defuse President Donald Trump’s recent remarks by saying his message targeted candidates who refuse to call Venezuela a dictatorship and was not a threat tied to the midterms.
• She announced an agreement set to be signed with the FBI, the Ministry of Security and the SIDE to create a National Antiterrorism Center presented as an information hub for incidents.
• Positioning herself for a Senate seat, Bullrich called for business confidence and broader congressional backing to advance fiscal, labor and tax reforms, while accusing Sergio Massa of having used US$5 billion from China’s swap reserves during the 2023 campaign.