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Overview
- Chile’s president‑elect José Antonio Kast met Argentina’s Javier Milei in Buenos Aires on December 16, with a public embrace and a social‑media video featuring Milei’s trademark chainsaw.
- Kast greeted Karina Milei at the Casa Rosada and presented the visit as the kickoff to closer cooperation once he takes office in March.
- Both leaders champion free markets and limited government and signaled a relaunch of bilateral relations, with analysts pointing to stalled projects in roads, mining, energy and immigration policy.
- Nicolás Maduro used his TV program to warn Kast to “take care” regarding Venezuelans, a message Kast dismissed while labeling Maduro a “narcodictator” and highlighting congratulations from Donald Trump, Giorgia Meloni and Viktor Orbán.
- Milei confirmed he will attend Kast’s March inauguration, as Kast’s agenda foregrounds security and a proposal to expel undocumented migrants who entered Chile from Venezuela.