Milei Embraces Chile's President Elect, Cementing Right-Wing Alliance

Jose Antonio Kast speaks while deaparting the Casa Rosada after meeting with Javier Milei, not pictured, in Buenos Aires on Dec. 16.Photographer: Tomas Cuesta/Bloomberg

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By Antonia Mufarech and Carolina Gonzalez

December 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM UTC

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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.