Overview

• After days of heavy Central Bank intervention, including about US$1.1 billion to defend the exchange‑rate band, President Donald Trump and U.S. Treasury signals of support—reportedly up to US$20 billion available on October 24—helped steady Argentine markets.
• To shore up congressional backing, Interior Minister Lisandro Catalán revived the Mesa Federal and met seven governors in his first two weeks, as the 2026 budget begins debate and provinces push to extend the temporary cut to farm export taxes beyond October 31.
• A September Tendencias poll in Buenos Aires province shows Javier Milei at 41% positive and 58% negative image, rising concern about corruption, an improved image for Axel Kicillof, and Fuerza Patria’s Jorge Taiana leading La Libertad Avanza’s José Luis Espert by roughly eight points.
• In San Luis, Judge Luciana Banó admitted corruption charges and imposed asset freezes and reporting requirements on national deputy Ernesto ‘Pipi’ Alí and former officials; Alí rejected the case as political and insisted the questioned public works were completed and documented.
• Across the region’s courts, Peru’s judiciary rejected Vladimir Cerrón’s habeas corpus bid over his 24‑month preventive detention, Spain’s ABC reports Moncloa pressed the CGPJ to act against Judge Juan Carlos Peinado, and a Córdoba federal judge set a Friday briefing on advances in dictatorship‑era human‑rights cases.