There may be no stranger duo on the expanding stage of the global right than Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast and Argentina’s libertarian firebrand Javier Milei. Kast, a strict Catholic father of nine, appears with every hair in place, a tie knotted with precision. Lifelong bachelor Milei bursts in sporting a black leather jacket and an unruly mane.
Just two days after trouncing the left in a run-off election, Kast flew across the Andes to Buenos Aires at 7.15am local time to meet with Milei at the Casa Rosada, Argentina’s presidential palace. Kast’s first foreign trip seals the pair’s ideological alliance that’s tied to conservative movements in Washington, Madrid and Budapest.
The visit’s exceptionally early timing, almost three months before Kast takes office, transcends the tradition of Chilean presidents-elect or newly sworn-in presidents to make Argentina their first international stop. Aside from shared dogma, the meeting illustrates Kast’s intent to deepen a US$7.7-billion trade relationship, harnessing Argentina’s rapidly re
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