DOMINANT ANGLE
Santiago sees Putin's invitation to the G20 in Miami as an extension of a Trump method already in place: receiving in New York leaders with whom Washington disagrees, from Zelensky to Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, while leaving Moscow to respond with measured gratitude.
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
KEY POINTS
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov stated that Russia would guarantee Zelensky's security if he traveled to Moscow, without setting a date for a Putin-Trump meeting (La Tercera).
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Before the UN General Assembly, Zelensky stated that Putin never thinks it's "enough" and cited more than 248,000 Russian soldiers killed between January and August 2026 (La Tercera).
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Donald Trump met with Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodríguez in New York, the first Venezuelan presidential presence at the General Assembly since 2018, to discuss energy, mining, and security (BioBioChile).
ANALYSIS
Santiago, September 24, 2026. From Santiago, the press views Vladimir Putin's invitation to the G20 summit in Miami in December as the logical follow-up to a week of diplomacy already marked in New York by Washington's gestures towards leaders with whom the United States openly disagrees.
La Tercera reports that Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov stated on Wednesday that Russia would guarantee Volodymyr Zelensky's security if he traveled to Moscow to meet Putin, while specifying that no date had been set for a summit meeting with Donald Trump. "There are no details about a possible meeting at the highest level, but if we talk about availability, the president is prepared," Peskov said, adding that unprepared summits "are simply a waste of time." On the same day, at the UN podium, Zelensky warned that for Putin "it's never enough," citing over 248,000 Russian soldiers killed between January and August 2026 and accusing Moscow of pursuing war rather than peace.
The newspaper also highlights the persistence of the Kremlin's language towards Kiev, with Peskov referring to the Ukrainian authorities as the "leader of the Kiev regime" — a phrase repeated verbatim in the report, without critical perspective.
BioBioChile, for its part, details the "historic" meeting between Donald Trump and Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodríguez at the Lotte New York Palace hotel, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly — the first Venezuelan presidential presence at this event since 2018. The two leaders discussed cooperation on energy, mining, and security, in the presence of Marco Rubio, Scott Bessent, Susie Wiles, and Stephen Miller. Rodríguez praised Trump's support for Venezuela's "reinsertion" into "multilateral spaces."
For the Chilean press, this accumulation of gestures — guarantees offered to Zelensky, reception of Rodríguez, and now Putin's invitation to Miami — outlines a method: Washington chooses to invite to the table those it rhetorically combats, even if it means letting Moscow respond with measured gratitude, without a calendar commitment. None of the articles consulted directly detail the terms of Russian participation in the Miami summit in December.
SOURCES (2)
- La TerceraMEDIUM
- BioBioChileMEDIUM
