President Javier Milei blamed heavy fog as his reason for canceling a Wednesday event celebrating Argentina’s Independence Day in Tucumán, the same location where one year ago he signed the so-called “May Pact” with 18 out of the country’s 23 governors. This time, however, only two provincial leaders had confirmed their attendance in advance, amid a fallout between the national and the local governments.

On Tuesday afternoon, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni said that the long-awaited trip was canceled after the Air Force and Casa Militar, the state body in charge of protecting the president, issued reports on “the weather situation that prevents the relevant flights from taking place.”

Earlier in the day, the Herald reported how heavy fog descended upon Buenos Aires City and surrounding metropolitan areas, affecting inbound and outbound flights.

Milei’s flightless 9 de Julio highlighted that only Tucumán’s Osvaldo Jaldo and Catamarca’s Raúl Jalil had confirmed their attendance. None of the current 23 governors are affiliated with the ruling party, La Libertad Avanza (LLA), but some of them, like Tucumán’s Osvaldo Jaldo, a........

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