The Argentine government, led by Javier Milei, announced that it plans to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO).
President Milei’s spokesman said that the decision to terminate the WHO was especially caused by a deep difference in health care among the covid-19 infectious diseases.
The announcement has been made for more than two weeks since the US President Donald Trump signed an administrative order to begin with the withdrawal from an international health agency.
The two leaders expressed their admiration for each other by calling Milei’s re -election “the largest political return in history,” and the US president described his Argentine opponent as “my favorite president.”
The decision to withdraw the country from President Milei’s WHO follows the same claim as supporting the withdrawal of the United States.
Both cited the response to Covid-19 Pandemic, which has a long closure in Argentina, and concerns about China’s impact on world health institutions.
The difference is that this is on the WHO itself.
The United States is the largest personal contribution to UN institutions, which accounted for about $ 950 million (760m) in 2024, almost 15% of the total budget in 2024. The US withdrawal will raise some difficult financial problems.
Argentina, on the other hand, contributes to approximately eight years. It will not make an important material difference.
The bigger problem is whether or not the other leaders who share the worldview of Trump, like President Milei, have decided to take similar actions.
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The Argentine media expects President Miley to sign an administrative order in the future, saying that Argentina will begin with the withdrawal from the WHO.
“Argentina will not interfere with our sovereignty and not interfere with health,” said Manuel Adorni spokesman Manuel Adorni at the press conference.
The spokesman argued that the exit of WHO would provide Argentina a policy adjusted according to his interests and provided more flexibility to manage funds as well as funds.
President Milei, who described himself as an “Anako capitalist,” criticized the WHO for a while, but the idea of leaving the body appears to have been traction for several days. Donald Trump signed an administrative order at the US exit at an international organization.
The two ledgers of the two countries seem to share mutual admiration with each other.
Javier Milei was the first foreign leader who met Trump after the November 5th election..
Milei spoke in Gala in Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Resort on the night of the meeting, saying, “The wind of freedom has become much stronger since Trump’s victory.”
On Wednesday, the president refused to exclude anything when he asked reporters whether President Miley plans to withdraw from other international organizations or treaties.
“The president has made a very decision in making Argentina freely. So all of Argentina’s connection with the body against freedom will do its best to prevent Argentina from hindering the life of Argentina.”
Argentina’s environmental activists say Milei is afraid to set a wheel that can withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, an international treaty to follow Trump’s footsteps and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
