According to the author, about 60% of Chile's public spending is permanent, legally binding obligations - including PGU, school subsidies, and university tuition - which would grow about 2.0% in real terms in 2027, forcing the remaining 40% to fall on average 0.5% to respect the 1.0% global cap. ^[1] Chile's Minister of Finance said public spending could grow up to 1.0% in real terms in 2027 while the structural deficit target is 1.8% of GDP, which would mark the lowest spending growth since the country returned to democracy, if crisis years are excluded. ^[2] Argentine President Javier Milei opened the V Madrid Forum in Santiago, Chile, on a Thursday morning. ^[3] Javier Milei stated that Chile is an emblematic place because its recent history reminds people of the value of fighting the cultural battle. ^[4] President Javier Milei claimed that Latin America is living a historical time characterized by right-wing electoral victories in countries including Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. ^[5] President José Antonio Kast's government will submit its first Budget Law proposal to the Chilean Congress in late September, at which moment its promised state can be compared with the state it decided to finance. ^[6] Milei argued that the entire Latin American continent is now orienting itself toward Western values after decades of socialist indoctrination. ^[7]