Santilli calls business sector key for Argentina

Interior Minister Diego Santilli announced that the 2026 Budget allocates 85% to pensions, education, and health, and called for labor modernization to combat informality.

The Minister of the Interior, Diego Santilli, stated this Thursday that the business sector is “central in the past, present, and future of Argentina.” “The Argentina that our president inherited was not creating a single net job in 15 years,” Santilli said while speaking at the UIA Industrial Conference. The official highlighted that the 2026 Budget project allocates “85 percent of its spending and investment” to “pensions, education, and health.” He also advocated for a “clear and forceful labor modernization” that “will pull millions of Argentines out of the informal sector.” News in development...

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