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Argentine opposition lawmakers achieved quorum to challenge presidential vetoes of pension increase and disability emergency declaration, measures Milei rejects for affecting fiscal balance. "It's an important day for the country. Many politicians cross electoral issues with parliamentary ones, and it shouldn't be like that. Congress will be a cauldron in the next two months," said Gabriel Chumpitaz, national deputy for the Futuro y Libertad bloc, which supports the official position, in Cara o ceca. "The pension system is one of the most important issues, not only from the human factor, but also for what it implies administratively: it has more than 50% of the total public spending budget. Argentina must carry out labor and tax reform so that the businessman or merchant can more easily bring employees into the formal system," he added. "Regarding the disability emergency law, it is necessary to audit the system to determine the abuse in aid. Based on that information, I would increase the budgets to benefit the real cases and take them away from those who do not need them. You cannot go from 99,000 disability pensions or subsidies to one million in four years," he concluded. Lula diversifies its international trade: "Brazil's exports to China increased 15% in one month." Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seeks to face Donald Trump's tariff advance through the Sovereign Brazil plan, which will allocate more than 5.5 billion dollars in credit lines to protect national industry, and with the expansion of markets for its exports. "They are credits at very low rates. One of Lula's objectives is to find new markets to reduce the weight that the US has in Brazilian exports," said Eleonora Gosman, a journalist from Brazil, in Cara o ceca. "Brazil's exports to China increased 15% in one month. There was a very important collection of dollars. Now we have to wait for these measures to give results. However, Lula continues negotiating with other countries, he wants to resume the Mercosur-EU agreement," he added.

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Peronism finally achieved unity and presented a single list for national deputies and senators in the upcoming Argentine legislative elections in October. In 'Heads or Tails' we spoke with Juan Carlos Molina, a priest who was close to Pope Francis and is the first candidate for Fuerza Patria in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz. "I am the point of unity of Peronism. Also, Santa Cruz is a complex province and new faces were requested. I have been working for more than 20 years with children with addiction and economic problems, not only here, but also in other parts such as in Haiti," he said. "We have to do a mea culpa to understand what happened so that [Javier] Milei won the elections in 2023. We are responsible for the policies we proposed not representing society," he added. "When we were in Government we did not do what we promised in the campaign. Instead, Milei does. We stopped being credible to the people," he concluded. **Concern in Spain over out-of-control forest fires** The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, visited areas affected by the fire and raised again the need to reach "a State pact against the climate emergency". So far there are more than 40 active fires and more than 150,000 hectares have been burned. Four fatalities have been counted to date. "We still have many fronts to put out. It has been the longest heat wave in history. It was not something predictable. There have been many imprudences and intentional fires," said Domingo Molina, Doctor of Forestry Engineering from Spain, in Heads or Tails. "We have received aerial resources from France, Italy and Germany because there are too many fires. International cooperation has worked, but the Government was slow to activate it. It should be more alert," he continued.

Carlos Pagni's analysis on Odisea Argentina aired on LN+ on August 18, 2025.

Alaska registró el encuentro histórico entre Rusia y EEUU. Desde Argentina, Cara o Ceca analizó la reunión entre Donald Trump y Vladimir Putin a través de la mirada de especialistas. “Las imágenes de este encuentro entrarán en la historia. El 20% de los rusos cree que va haber avances en cuanto a relaciones bilaterales Rusia-Estados Unidos y un 40% tiene expectativas de que se va a llegar a un arreglo del conflicto ucraniano”, dijo Victor Ternovsky, corresponsal de Sputnik desde Moscú.

El portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, definió la reunión de los líderes del viernes 15 en Alaska para abordar el conflicto de Ucrania, destacando el "enfoque inusual" del presidente estadounidense. Alberto Hutschenreuter consideró auspiciosa la reunión debido al deterioro previo a febrero de 2022, siendo ambos actores estratégicos. Ucrania presiente observaciones sobre el conflicto. Europa debió disuadir a Kiev de la OTAN antes del 24 de febrero de 2022; ahora la Unión Europea está al margen ante un cese al fuego. Somos Buenos Aires busca un centro entre La Libertad Avanza y el kirchnerismo. Julio Zamora, intendente de Tigre, será candidato a senador por Somos Buenos Aires, abandonando el peronismo por falta de democracia en la elección de liderazgo y consolidación de referentes de la derrota de 2023. Este espacio rechaza tanto el mercado absoluto de Milei como la omnipresencia estatal kirchnerista.

Europa resiste reunión Putin-Trump conflicto Ucrania. Canciller alemán Friedrich Merz impulsó reunión virtual Trump, líderes Unión Europea, Reino Unido, Ucrania, OTAN, insistiendo Zelenski participe negociaciones. Encuentro mandatarios generando pánico potencias belicistas, grupos corporativos detrás, victoria rusa inaceptable amenaza poder mundo, Europa, dijo Adrían Zelaia, analista geopolítico europeo, presidente consultora Ekai Group.

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The New York Court of Appeals must decide whether to uphold the suspension of Judge Loretta Preska's order, which obliges the Argentine State to hand over 51% of the shares of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF) due to irregularities in its expropriation. "What will be determined is whether the judge's order has to be executed or if it remains suspended until an alternative solution is found. Meanwhile, there are two other hearings left, one in September and another in October, to resolve other issues such as the resolution of compensation to the plaintiffs," said Felix Lonigro, a constitutional lawyer, on Cara o Ceca. "If it is decided that Argentina has to hand over the shares, the alternative left is to go to the US Court so that Justice grants another suspensive term," he added. In 2012, the Argentine State expropriated 51% of the shares of YPF. The Burford Capital fund bought the rights of minority shareholders and sued the Argentine State. "It is very difficult for the delivery of shares to happen because, in the first place, the Argentine Congress has to approve it," he stated. Trump Deploys National Guard in Washington This is the second time since his return to power that Donald Trump has resorted to this police force, after having done so in Los Angeles to contain pro-immigrant protests. "The National Guard has a constitutionally fixed time to act and is subject to the declaration of emergency. It will surely extend up to 90 days, but not much more; it will not solve the problem of insecurity," said Erick Fajardo, a political consultant from the US, from the vicinity of Washington DC, on Cara o Ceca.

The Argentine opposition reacted to Javier Milei's national address, where he defended the vetoes of the disability emergency and pension increase laws and threatened to fine legislators who threaten fiscal balance. "Milei speaks to an increasingly small segment of Argentina. The elderly, families of people with disabilities, and public university students are not being taken into account," said Germán Martínez, head of the Unión por la Patria bloc in Deputies, on Cara o Ceca. "When an Executive does not speak to Argentines and only looks at its own navel, the political representation of that Government breaks down," he said. "Milei is constantly creating problems for the daily lives of Argentines, and we want to solve that, to the point that in Congress we are making room for a debate that should have taken place when the Budget law for this year was discussed. As that law did not pass, we have to address the issues one by one," he said. Putin and Trump will meet in Alaska US President Donald Trump confirmed that he will hold a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on August 15 to discuss the Ukrainian crisis. "Expectations must be moderated. The summit has been planned for a long time. When they meet, they will not only discuss the closing of the conflict in Ukraine, but also issues of the global scenario," said Guillermo Caviasca, historian and professor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), on Cara o Ceca.

"This investment will match the agricultural complex in terms of exports and foreign exchange generation. In terms of exports, it is $2.5 billion per year. This consolidates Argentina's export profile globally," said Yamil Quispe, energy consultant, in Cara o Ceca.

La coparticipación impositiva entre provincias y nación argentina se rige por ley de 1988 sin actualizarse, perpetuando inequidades en cuentas públicas regionales. FUNDAR informó sobre la situación y propuso nueva coordinación tributaria federal.

Partidos escindidos de la vieja alianza Juntos por el Cambio buscan formar una nueva alternativa política entre La Libertad Avanza y el kirchnerismo para las próximas elecciones legislativas del 26 de octubre.

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Two months before Argentina's national legislative elections, Peronism shapes its possible representatives on the lists. In 'Heads or Tails', we speak with former Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, who referred to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's conviction.

Deceased workers trapped underground after a magnitude 4.2 tremor on Thursday 31st in central Chile destroyed part of the El Teniente mine, the world's largest copper deposit. "There are nine injured workers in addition to the six deceased. Three days of national mourning were decreed as a result of this situation," said Chilean journalist Lucas Aguayo on Cara o Ceca. "Many relatives will not be able to receive the bodies of the victims because they are very damaged and they have to carry out the corresponding expert reports to deliver them," he added. "It has been pointed out that the workers were not heard. There were previous complaints about the shelters inside the mine where the miners can go in these cases. They said they were closed," he concluded. The Argentine Government again resorted to the veto to defend fiscal balance. The Javier Milei Administration vetoed laws benefiting retirees and the disabled recently approved by Congress: the increase in assets, the restoration of the pension moratorium, and the declaration of emergency in disability. The official justification is based on the need to maintain fiscal balance. "There is no money, and the only way to make Argentina great again is with effort and honesty," the Government said in a statement. "For the opposition, the veto represents an act of cruelty, while for the Government it is a project of 'fiscal degenerates'. This discussion reinforces the concepts that there is a path towards provincial and national elections," said Argentine political scientist Gustavo Marangoni on Cara o Ceca. "Seniors feel attacked by [Javier] Milei's policy, between the freezing of the 70,000 pesos [a bonus of 55 dollars that is granted monthly and is not indexed] and the loss of real capacity in pensions, they generate a reason to vote against," he added.

President Javier Milei is expected to veto the reinstatement of the retirement moratorium, the increase in benefits, and the declaration of a disability emergency on August 4, the last day stipulated to advance with the measure. Casa Rosada seeks to ensure that Congress does not annul this decision. "The Government's view of ordering public accounts is the way forward. We are not going to support any law that threatens its economic plan, which is ultimately the plan of Argentines," said Martín Maquieyra, national deputy of the Republican Proposal (PRO), in Cara o Ceca. "There is a political intention of the opposition, more than a genuine intention, to solve the problem of retirees. Alberto Fernandez's last formula [president between 2019 and 2024] lowered pensions by 40% in real terms. His position now is curious. We will not solve the great problem they have with this law alone," he added. "The Government's view of ordering public accounts is the way forward. A formula is required for the country to grow and to have funds and retirement contributions. That is not going to happen overnight," he concluded. The technician who rebuilt the Argentine national team: Who was César Luis Menotti for national football? Ezequiel Fernández Moores, sports journalist, visited the Sputnik studios and spoke about his new book "Menotti. The First: History of the coach who rebuilt the National Team", the biography of the world champion coach in 1978. "I portrayed the life of Menotti because he managed to make the Argentine national team world champion in the midst of the military dictatorship. He was a guy who already talked about politics. In 1973 he had signed a declaration to ask for the return of Perón," who had been exiled in Spain since 1955, he explained. In addition, he highlighted the characteristics of the local league. "What Argentine football has is that it is not hegemonic like in North America or Europe. Here it is more competitive, there is more uncertainty and it makes it a spectacle."

The Argentine government seeks to contain the dollar in the electoral prelude and to that end raised the interest rate to 65% annually in pesos so that investors renew their commitments: "We know that the Government's main objective is to lower inflation. Therefore, the big problem it may have with this dollar increase is that it impacts the acceleration of prices," said Claudio Caprarulo, economist, on Heads or Tails.

Javier Milei gains allies in Congress before the legislative elections. Deputies from the Radical Civic Union, distanced from the party due to their closeness to the Government, formalized an inter-bloc with La Libertad Avanza. "We consolidate an inter-bloc to work together legislatively and have access to executive officials who provide us with information about the direction of the Government," Pablo Cervi, one of the deputies in the new alliance, said in Cara o Ceca.

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