Argentina’s President Javier Milei has said he will pull his country out of the World Health Organization after the US announced its own exit last month, as the libertarian leader embraces the upheaval in international institutions triggered by US President Donald Trump.
Milei, who has courted friendships with both Trump and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, was a critic of the UN global health body before becoming president and called the Covid-19 lockdowns it supported “a crime against humanity”.
“Argentines are not going to allow an international organisation to infringe our sovereignty, especially not over our health,” said Milei’s spokesperson Manuel Adorni on Wednesday as he announced the withdrawal.