September 5th, 2025
1. Peronism and La Libertad Avanza closed their campaigns in the province of Buenos Aires
Amidst an impressive security operation involving various forces and units, La Libertad Avanza (LLA) closed its campaign in Buenos Aires. Javier Milei spoke for half an hour, after the other candidates, about the audio scandal, defended his sister Karina, attacked Kirchnerism, urged people to vote, and spoke of a possible “technical tie” in Sunday’s elections. For his part, Governor Axel Kicillof led a decentralized campaign closing for Fuerza Patria on Thursday ahead of next Sunday’s local elections in the province of Buenos Aires. The governor led various tours of the first, third, and eighth districts, where he will insist on contrasting his management model with Javier Milei’s chainsaw approach in La Libertad Avanza. On Wednesday, Kicillof led the closing of the campaign for the first electoral section in Tigre, ahead of next Sunday’s legislative elections. He was accompanied by Sergio Massa, Malena Galmarini, Gabriel Katopodis, and Sebastián Galmarini.
2. Resounding triumph of the provincial ruling party in Corrientes
In a provincial election marked by a high turnout (contrary to the way local elections have been held this year), the people of Corrientes elected Juan Pablo Valdés (UCR) as their new governor. The current mayor of Ituzaingó, a favorite of the ruling party and brother of the current governor (who was prevented from running for a new reelection), won a resounding victory by more than 30 points over the Peronist candidate, who came in second place. Thus, the radicalism will continue to govern the littoral province, as it has been doing continuously since the beginning of the century. The dismal performance of La Libertad Avanza, whose candidate (Lisandro Almirón, National Deputy) came in fourth place, barely scraping 10 points, deserves a separate paragraph. This candidacy was a very strong bet of Karina Milei, who decided not to make a pact with the local government (unlike how they had been doing it in the legislative level) and to present her own candidate, who did not even get the tacit support of the president, who even accompanied him on campaign tours this week, to avoid a meager harvest of votes.
3. The government announced that it will intervene in the dollar exchange rate through the Treasury
Amid exchange rate volatility, the government announced that it will intervene in the market through the Treasury, as the Central Bank (BCRA) cannot do so due to its agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The new measure to try to end exchange rate and peso rate volatility represents an abandonment, albeit temporary, of the floating band scheme that is part of the program agreed with the International Monetary Fund. “The National Treasury announces that, as of today, it will participate in the free exchange market in order to contribute to its liquidity and normal functioning,” announced Finance Secretary Pablo Quirno on social network X.
Infobae: El Gobierno anunció que va a intervenir en el mercado cambiario
4. Javier Milei traveled to the US with a reduced agenda to return before the Buenos Aires elections
After closing the Buenos Aires campaign for La Libertad Avanza (LLA), President Javier Milei embarked on his trip to the United States, with a reduced agenda that underwent changes in recent days. He is expected to be in the country on Sunday, the day of the legislative elections in the Province of Buenos Aires (PBA). His first meeting will be with astronaut Noel del Castro. The next activity on the president’s agenda is a meeting with the head of the Milken Institute, Michael Milken. He will then meet with Economy Minister Luis Caputo, Ambassador Alejandro Oxenford, and a group of business and investment leaders. Towards the end of the day, Milei will have his last two meetings, each of which is scheduled to last half an hour. The first will be with the vice president of the US oil company Chevron, Mark A. Nelson. Finally, he will meet with Argentine businessman Andy Kleinman. This will conclude the presidential tour of the United States, as the delegation will board a flight back to Buenos Aires on Friday at noon, arriving on Saturday morning.
Clarín: Javier Milei llega a Los Ángeles en una visita relámpago para reunirse con inversionistas
5. The opposition rejected Milei’s veto on the disability emergency and placed limits on his use of emergency decrees
With nearly 70 members present, the Senate achieved a quorum and held a session on Thursday, fulfilling the objective of obtaining the two-thirds majority needed to reject the veto on the National Disability Emergency and uphold the law: the opposition secured 63 votes, meaning that the law will be automatically enacted. The amendment to the law regulating the parliamentary procedure for emergency decrees to limit President Javier Milei’s powers to govern by emergency decree was also successful: it was approved by 56 votes in favor, 8 against, and 2 abstentions. Meanwhile, no progress was made on two agreements to avoid double taxation with France and Austria: after voting on the main items on the agenda, the Chamber took a brief recess and the bloc leaders decided to end the session. Thus, they postponed both treaties until the next meeting (to be held on September 18).