Overview
- The Milei administration is developing a Buenos Aires meeting of right‑of‑center presidents to build a coordinated regional axis aligned with the United States.
- Preliminary outreach targets José Antonio Kast (Chile), Rodrigo Paz (Bolivia), Daniel Noboa (Ecuador), Santiago Peña (Paraguay) and possibly Nayib Bukele (El Salvador), with Peru’s José Jeri also mentioned.
- The agenda under discussion includes greater trade opening, Mercosur changes to permit bilateral free‑trade deals, and cooperation on security, intelligence and international positioning.
- Formal invitations would be routed through the Foreign Ministry led by Pablo Quirno, and officials caution that planning is early and the event could slip to later in 2026.
- Some government sectors are weighing an invitation to President Donald Trump, while others temper expectations, and Milei has separately confirmed he will attend Davos from January 19–23, 2026.