In the last weeks of December, the Government of Javier Milei significantly increased the sending of National Treasury Contributions (ATN) to a small group of provinces. According to a survey by Chequeado, the distribution of these discretionary funds grew by 50% compared to the amounts distributed during the previous eleven months of the year.
The ATN are non-automatic transfers that depend on the decision of the Executive Branch and are formally intended to address emergency situations or financial imbalances in the provinces. However, there is no fixed public criterion for its allocation.
A distribution concentrated in December
According to official data cited by Chequeado, 33% of the total ATN executed in 2025 were distributed in December alone, with an amount that reached $66.5 billion. That money was allocated to six provinces governed by leaders considered allies of the national government.
The beneficiary provinces and the amounts received were:
- Tucuman: $20,000 million
- Missions: $12,000 million
- Chaco: $11,000 million
- Catamarca: $10.5 billion
- Between Rivers: $7 billion
- Jump: $6 billion
This distribution made December the month with the highest volume of ATN distributed so far this year.
The governors benefited
Behind these shipments are six governors with political and legislative ties to the Casa Rosada:
- Osvaldo Jaldo (Tucumán)
- Hugo Passalacqua (Missions)
- Leandro Zdero (Chaco)
- Raul Jalil (Catamarca)
- Rogelio Frigerio (Between Rivers)
- Gustavo Saenz (Jump)
According to Chequeado, several of these leaders accompanied the ruling party in key votes in Congress, even in cases where legislators from their own provinces had previously supported initiatives that were later rejected or stopped.
Funds, alliances and political negotiation
The increase in the ATN distribution at the end of the year occurred in a context of constant negotiations between the national government and the governors, in the midst of a scenario of strong fiscal adjustment and sensitive legislative debates.
The concentrated sending of funds to allied provinces exposes the role of the ATN as a central political negotiation tool, especially in a fragmented Congress where the ruling party needs to build circumstantial majorities to advance its agenda.
