Overview
- President Javier Milei defended Chief of Cabinet Manuel Adorni after a week of internal pushback, telling ministers he would rather lose an election than fire someone he calls honest and warning critics to leave.
- Contractor Matías Tabar testified under oath that Adorni paid him $250,000 in cash and without an invoice for renovations at a home in Indio Cuá, a claim Adorni’s team disputes as he delays filing his sworn asset declaration.
- In the Buenos Aires Province Senate, Verónica Magario reconfigured the Constitutional Affairs and Agreements Commission, ending La Cámpora’s control and shifting the path for judicial and prosecutor nominations.
- That commission will also review candidates to fill four vacancies on the provincial Supreme Court, giving Governor Axel Kicillof’s camp and select opposition blocs greater leverage over upcoming appointments.
- Local strain is showing too, with La Libertad Avanza councillors in Mar del Plata voting to approve a 2025 deficit budget that clashes with the party’s national promise of zero deficit.