Overview
- Thiel’s sit‑down with President Javier Milei, held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Casa Rosada, included Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno and ended with no agreements announced, according to an official statement.
- Thiel has spent more than a week in Buenos Aires on a private schedule that included closed‑door talks with presidential adviser Santiago Caputo and a visit to the River–Boca match at the Monumental.
- Palantir, which Thiel co‑founded and which builds data‑analysis and AI software used by security and defense agencies, features in local debate over surveillance, security policy, and government data use.
- Government and business sources present the visit as a sign of possible investment interest, and Milei later said Thiel asked about the durability of his reforms and showed curiosity about agribusiness opportunities.
- The meeting extends a relationship dating to 2024, and coverage notes Thiel’s ties to U.S. conservative politics as well as prior praise for Milei’s ideas, framing the encounter as both political alignment and market signal.