Overview
- Santilli has met more than half of the governors and plans to complete the round next week as the budget heads to extraordinary sessions.
- The first concrete step came with a national counter-guarantee for a US$75 million loan for Mendoza’s water works, with officials indicating similar backing so provinces can finance infrastructure.
- Talks with governors center on transfers, provincial debts, coparticipation, fuel-tax shares, ATN and stalled public works, with Neuquén’s Rolando Figueroa calling the dialogue productive.
- A rectifying decree is expected to return Renaper to the Interior Ministry, while Migraciones will stay under Security, and the government is weighing a parliamentary secretariat to bolster Santilli’s congressional role.
- Officials say the first post-budget bill will target labor “modernization,” and Economy Minister Luis Caputo has tempered expectations for immediate tax changes.