After the increases in the May fuels, the president of the Republic, Yamandu Orsi, said that He sees no “early signs of this calming down.”
The national government defined a 7% rise for gasoline and supergasbut of 14% in diesel from this Friday. In this way, Super 95 gasoline continues respecting the float limitbut 14% for 50S diesel is above this band.
The authorities had already announced in recent days that the prices would rise in Mayin a complex international context marked by the war in the middle east and the increase in the price of a barrel of oil.
Yamandú Orsi, Carolina Cosse and Alejandro Sánchez at the Workers’ Day 2026 event
“If you analyze at a global level how fuel has increased in different countries and how it has increased worldwide, you do not have two readings, there was no other choice“Orsi said at a press conference after the event this Friday for Workers’ Day.
“I see no early signs of this calming down.On the contrary, the lack of gas led to the use of diesel fuel worldwide today, if one looks at the news from every day is getting worse“added the president.
Asked about the possibility of waiving taxes that are in the fuel equation, as the Broad Front suggested at one point as the opposition, Orsi responded: “It is very risky, we did not have this war that we have today”.
“We are slowing down as much as possible”the president said of the increases, “They told me that we are 40% down“, he stated.
The Super 95 gasoline rises $5.76 and will cost $88.03 per liter as maximum retail price. Until today I was in $82.27.
He 50S diesel rises $7.09 and will cost $57.72 per liter as the maximum sales price at service stations, instead of $50.63.
He supergas will increase $6.61 per kilogram, an increase of 7% compared to April and will cost $101.26.
