- Milei traveled to Oslo to accompany Corina Machado at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. It will arrive at 1:30 p.m. Argentine time and the return is immediate: the return flight is scheduled for tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. and arrives in Buenos Aires on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. In addition to accompanying Machado, the president’s agenda also includes meetings with King Harald V and the Norwegian Prime Minister.
- The government has officially announced the departure of Luis Petri from the Ministry of Defense. With a decree published in the Official Gazette, the executive officially announced its resignation to take a seat in the Chamber of Deputies and appointed Carlos Presti, the head of the army, as his successor in charge of the department. This makes Presti the first military member to head the Defense Ministry since the return of democracy.
- Congress is preparing for extraordinary sessions. By publishing the decree in the Official Gazette, the government made the December 10-30 appeal official. On the agenda are the 2026 budget, the reforms of the labor and criminal codes as well as the glacier and tax innocence law.
- Retail sales fell 4.1% in November. According to CAME, the most worrying figure comes from the seasonally adjusted month-on-month comparison, which recorded a decrease of 9.1% compared to October. Six out of seven sectors fell in the penultimate month of the year: perfumeries led the decline at 17% year-on-year, while pharmacies grew 1.8%.
- Estudiantes won the classic against Gimnasia and will play in the Clausura final. They won the La Plata classic 1-0 with a goal from Tiago Palacios. Pincha will play the final against Racing, which has just eliminated Boca: it will take place this Saturday in Santiago del Estero.
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