Overview
- Argentina: Chief of Cabinet Manuel Adorni publicly justified President Javier Milei’s combative exchanges in the congressional opening, saying the president was within his rights to respond to opposition provocation.
- Argentina: La Libertad Avanza’s internal rifts resurfaced even as Karina Milei and Martín Menem convened party leaders to set a 2026 agenda prioritizing nationwide single-ballot reform and a large legislative package.
- Spain: With María Guardiola’s investiture debate starting March 3, PP–Vox talks in Extremadura remain at a standstill; an absolute majority is required in the first vote, with a potential simple-majority second vote 48 hours later.
- Mexico and Argentina security: Guadalajara authorities reported slashed tires, shell casings and a burned bus eight days after ‘El Mencho’ was killed, while Santa Fe officials in Rosario announced arrests of the suspected motorcycle driver and an alleged instigator in the February 22 supermarket shooting.
- Peru: The preventive-detention hearing for Adrián Villar in the hit‑and‑run death of athlete Lizeth Marzano was set to resume March 3 at 3 p.m., after the defense reviewed the police technical report.