The Argentine Government led by Javier Milei has announced that she is planning to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO).
President Milei’s spokesman said that the decision to go out on who started “deep differences regarding health management, especially during [Covid-19] pandemic. “
The announcement comes just over two weeks after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to start withdrawal from the international health body.
The two leaders expressed admiration for each other, and Milei called Trump’s re -election “the greatest political return in history,” while the US president described his Argentine colleague as “my favorite president.”
In the official statement, the Argentine Presidential Office said that “who was created in 1948 to coordinate the response to the emergency cases of global health, but failed during the biggest challenge: he advocated eternal locking without scientific support during his battle against Cova -19 pandemic ‘
The statement also claims that “today, evidence suggests that the recipes of WHO do not function because they are the result of political influence, not to be based on science.”
Argentine media say they expect President Milei to sign the Executive Command in the coming days that will begin the Argentina procedure with which he is withdrawing from WHO.
Speaking at a press conference, President’s spokesman Manuel Adorni said that “we Argentines will not allow the international body to interfere with our sovereignty and even less into our health.”
A spokesman claimed that the exit of WHO would provide Argentina with greater flexibility for implementing politics adapted to his own interests and managing his funds as he considered appropriate.
He said that the Who members consumes Argentina about $ 10 million (£ 8m) per year.
President Milei, who describes himself as an “Anarho-Capitalist” has been critical of WHO for some time, but it seems that the idea of leaving the body has gained attraction in the days after Donald Trump has signed an executive command on the movement of the American exit from the international body.
The two heads of the state seem to share mutual admiration.
Javier Milei was the first foreign leader to meet Trump after winning the choice of November 5th..
Speaking to Gala in Trump’s Mar-a-Laga Resort on the night of their meeting, Milei said that “the winds of freedom [were] blowing much stronger than Trump’s victory. ”
Asked by a journalist on Wednesday whether President Milei planned to withdraw from other international bodies or contracts, the presidential spokesman refused to exclude anything.
“The president is very determined when it comes to the creation of Argentina more freer, so that every connection that Argentina has with the bodies that go against their freedom will do our best to prevent them from interfering with Argentina’s life.”
Argentina environmental activists say they are afraid that Milei will follow Trump’s steps, and they have also started the wheels to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement – an international contract aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
