Overview
- Argentina’s presidency accepted Guillermo Francos’s resignation as chief of cabinet and named government spokesperson Manuel Adorni as his successor, with Interior Minister Lisandro Catalán also stepping down.
- Reporting ties the changes to internal power struggles, with adviser Santiago Caputo described as gaining influence, though any new formal role for him has not been officially announced.
- Javier Milei dined with Mauricio Macri as seven PRO deputies, including Damián Arabia, said they would join La Libertad Avanza’s lower‑house bloc, reshaping congressional alignments after the election.
- AFA president Claudio Tapia summoned San Lorenzo leaders to Ezeiza, warned that an IGJ intervention could trigger the club’s disaffiliation, and a separate internal meeting saw an attempted physical assault on president Marcelo Moretti.
- Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata’s general assembly was briefly halted after violent incidents; members later approved the balance but rejected the memorandum and budget, while in Peru parties met the Oct. 31 deadline to register primary precandidate lists, featuring figures such as Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Fiorella Molinelli.