- Extraordinary sessions begin. The congress begins today with the extraordinary sessions, in which the ruling party represents the first minority with 95 deputies. It therefore needs at least 34 support from dialogue blocs to pass important laws. There are 20 senators in the upper house: it needs 17 additional votes to get the projects approved.
- Industry and construction declined in October. According to data published by Indec, both sectors recorded monthly declines of 0.8% and 0.5%, respectively, in the seasonally adjusted measure. However, analysts remain cautious about the possibility of a strong recovery after the stagnation that both sectors experienced.
- María Corina Machado will not attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. The director of the Nobel Institute announced that he was not in Norway and his whereabouts were unknown. Ana Corina Sosa, daughter of Maduro’s opposition leader, will accept the award and read Machado’s speech. President Javier Milei is in Oslo to attend the ceremony, scheduled for 1 p.m. (9am in Argentina).
- Two US fighter-bombers flew over Venezuelan airspace. Two American F18 fighter jets stormed for 40 minutes near Maracaibo: in this region the Maduro regime has anti-aircraft facilities that were not deployed. This incident represents the closest approach by U.S. military aircraft to mainland Venezuela.
- Verón will appeal to an international court after being suspended by the AFA. The president of Estudiantes was suspended for six months due to the rudeness of the club’s players towards Rosario Central in the so-called “champion’s hallway”. Verón considers the measure to be arbitrary and requests its complete annulment in order to be able to carry out his duties normally.
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