Overview

• On August 3, Vice President Victoria Villarruel met Governor Gustavo Valdés in Corrientes and co-led the ceremonial repatriation of Granaderos fallen in the Battle of San Lorenzo.
• The ceremony featured the transfer of remains to the Museo Histórico, a mass at Iglesia La Merced, a central act in Plaza Cabral and a civic-military parade.
• Villarruel’s presence in Corrientes highlights her growing estrangement from the administration after President Javier Milei accused her of enabling an ‘illegal’ Senate session and blamed her for fueling the peso’s devaluation.
• Valdés’s reception of Villarruel was interpreted by local observers as a message to Casa Rosada following disputes over provincial candidate lists and La Libertad Avanza’s presentation of its own ticket.
• The vice president and governor toured “La Unidad,” a new cultural, technological, commercial and gastronomic center in a former prison, underscoring her drive to build a federal political base.