Kicillof shared images of cities in AMBA under the polar wave to demand "Cold Zones": "They ignore reality"

Governor of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, has strongly criticized the national government's decision to exclude the province from the "Cold Zones" regime, which provides subsidized natural gas. Kicillof shared images of cities within the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) enduring frigid polar temperatures, arguing that the government is ignoring the province's reality.

"It's not us saying it, it's reality that they refuse to see. Only those who do not know the province of Buenos Aires or who despise it can maintain that it should not be included within the Cold Zone," Kicillof stated on social media, accompanying his remarks with a news report detailing the cold snap.

The exclusion from the "Cold Zones" regime follows changes to a law approved by the Chamber of Deputies in late May. The official initiative, titled "Energy Measures," aims to reduce subsidies for natural gas provision. While the changes were approved with 132 votes in favor, 105 against, and four abstentions, the bill now moves to the Senate for debate.

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It's not us saying it, it's reality that they refuse to see. Only those who do not know the province of Buenos Aires or who despise it can maintain that it should not be included within the Cold Zone.

The new policy significantly alters the subsidy structure. It eliminates automatic subsidies for medium and high-income users in much of the country's interior. Subsidies are maintained without income restrictions only in Patagonia, the Puna, and Malargüe, but even these areas will see reduced coverage as transportation and distribution costs are excluded.

In a separate event, Kicillof also convened a meeting with mayors, legislators, and leaders from his political movement, "Derecho al Futuro," in La Plata. During this meeting, he framed the national government's policies as part of an "exclusion model" driven by powerful global right-wing forces. Kicillof asserted his commitment to building an alternative path and focusing on addressing the needs of the people, stating, "We are not going to fall into any provocation: our only agenda is to provide answers to the needs of our people."

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We are not going to fall into any provocation: our only agenda is to provide answers to the needs of our people.