Overview
- Senator Patricia Bullrich filed a seven-page complaint to CONMEBOL’s Ethics Committee accusing AFA leaders Claudio Tapia and Pablo Toviggino of breaching integrity, fiduciary duty, transparency, conflict-of-interest and anti–money laundering standards.
- Journalist Diego Brancatelli warned the move could jeopardize Argentina’s 2026 World Cup participation, a claim Bullrich rejected as false, although FIFA and CONMEBOL statutes do allow sanctions for prohibited interference.
- In Congress, Bertie Benegas Lynch was ratified to chair the Budget Committee, which set sessions to issue opinions on the 2026 Budget, a ‘Fiscal Innocence’ bill to formalize undeclared dollars, and a deficit-prohibition law, with Interior Minister Diego Santilli working cross-bloc negotiations.
- Tensions between La Libertad Avanza and the PRO intensified across Buenos Aires and key municipalities, raising questions over vote cohesion as the PRO presses for CABA revenue claims and changes to fuel-tax distribution in budget talks.
- In Mendoza, the final environmental clearance for the PSJ Cobre Mendocino project was hailed as the start of metal mining with opponents vowing court challenges, while President Javier Milei celebrated José Antonio Kast’s win in Chile and Peru’s Álvaro Paz de la Barra proposed a 90-day constitutional referendum and a targeted state of exception if elected.