Overview
- Decree 697/2025 authorizes two exercises: Solidaridad in Puerto Varas, Chile from October 6–10, and Tridente in Argentina from October 20 to November 15.
- About 30 U.S. Naval Special Warfare personnel are cleared to train with Argentine forces at the naval bases of Mar del Plata, Ushuaia and Puerto Belgrano.
- The government says the drills are part of the annual combined exercises plan focused on interoperability, defense training and disaster‑response coordination.
- Both activities had been included in a bill sent to Congress, but the Executive advanced them by DNU citing an exceptional situation and pre‑existing cooperation commitments.
- Opposition figures and local officials, including in Ushuaia, denounce the move as unconstitutional and a threat to sovereignty, while Congress’s bicameral panel has roughly ten business days to opine on the decree’s validity.