Overview
- Guillermo Francos submitted his resignation as chief of staff and the presidency named spokesman Manuel Adorni as his replacement, while Interior minister Lisandro Catalán also left his post.
- The departures came a day after a governors’ summit on the 2026 budget and tax, labor and penal reforms, with provincial leaders saying they were caught off guard by the sudden exits.
- Coverage from La Nación and others describes growing influence for Santiago Caputo inside the administration as Milei reorganizes his inner circle.
- Javier Milei held a dinner meeting with Mauricio Macri in Olivos as several PRO deputies announced they would join the La Libertad Avanza bloc in the lower house.
- In a separate wave of institutional tension in football, Gimnasia’s general assembly turned violent and AFA president Claudio Tapia warned San Lorenzo could be disaffiliated if the IGJ intervenes in the club.