Overview
- The upper chamber approved the 2026 spending plan after targeted negotiations won decisive backing from Tucumán’s Osvaldo Jaldo, Catamarca’s Raúl Jalil and Salta’s Gustavo Sáenz.
- Argentina’s meteorological service issued orange and yellow alerts for severe storms, extreme heat and strong winds across AMBA and provinces including Entre Ríos, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Catamarca and parts of Santa Fe.
- In Rosario, the SMN lifted the yellow storm alert as the expected rain bypassed the city and stifling heat continued into the weekend.
- Tensions inside the libertarian ruling camp were laid bare when presidential biographer Nicolás Márquez attacked Vice President Victoria Villarruel on X and she replied publicly.
- Holiday travel turned deadly in separate cases under investigation: a Tucumán driver with a 1.99 g/L alcohol reading was detained after a fatal collision in Río Hondo, and two women died in a crash on National Route 188 near Nueva Galia, San Luis.