Overview

• Final candidate lists were approved after turbulent negotiations in both the libertarian and Peronist camps, clearing the way for the Aug. 8–23 campaign period.
• President Javier Milei closed his ‘Derecha Fest’ in Córdoba with speeches attacking Vice President Victoria Villarruel and forecasting surprising October legislative outcomes.
• Governor Axel Kicillof launched the Peronist ‘sumar fuerzas’ campaign in Almirante Brown, highlighting provincial management successes and positioning the vote as a defense against national economic cuts.
• Both leaders have nationalized the provincial contest, framing it as a proxy battle between libertarian reforms and Peronist state-centered governance.
• Investors and business groups are pressing for a detailed multi-phase roadmap to clarify Milei and Caputo’s economic reform plan beyond the short electoral cycle.