Overview
- Argentina’s president hosted about 20 provincial leaders and his full cabinet at the Casa Rosada to seek backing for the 2026 budget and labor, pension and tax reforms, presenting a show of governability.
- Four governors were not invited to the meeting — Axel Kicillof (Buenos Aires), Gildo Insfrán (Formosa), Ricardo Quintela (La Rioja) and Gustavo Melella (Tierra del Fuego) — underscoring limits to consensus.
- After the summit, officials emphasized swift treatment of the 2026 budget, with the lower house’s budget committee preparing meetings as early as next week and sequencing further labor and tax changes.
- In Peru, Pedro Castillo declared during his trial that his movement will “recover the government” in April 2026, as Congress’s constitutional panel readies a report proposing a 10‑year disqualification and prosecutors seek a 34‑year sentence.
- Peru’s Supreme preparatory judge Juan Carlos Checkley ordered the release of ex‑prosecutor Elizabeth Peralta from preventive detention under restricted freedom, and local authorities advanced separate public‑order actions in Lima.