Javier Milei announces Argentina to leave World Health Organization } The Guardian | Tiago Rogero & Facundo Iglesia:
February 5, 2025 - "Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, has followed Donald Trump’s example and announced that Argentina will also leave the World Health Organization (WHO). Milei attributed his decision to the WHO’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic, which he described as a 'caveman quarantine that involved … one of the most outlandish crimes against humanity in history'.
"A self-declared 'anarcho-capitalist', Milei is a prominent fan of Trump, who within hours of his 20 January inauguration signed an order for the United States to withdraw from the WHO, which he also has criticized for its handling of the pandemic.
“'We have decided to leave such a harmful organisation, which was the executing arm of what was the largest social-control experiment in history,' wrote Milei on social media. But critics said that the decision was not Milei’s to make, as such a move would require approval by congress.... Milei’s spokesperson, Manuel Adorni, argued that the decision would not result in a loss of funding for the country....
"Also on Wednesday, the presidential office announced that Milei had taken the decision to ban gender change treatments and surgeries for minors, as well as impose limits on trans women being housed inside women’s prisons. In a press conference, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni said the ban would include hormone therapy and followed similar pushbacks in legislation on trans rights in countries such as the UK, Sweden, Finland and the US, and sought to protect children’s mental health.
"The announcement comes days after thousands of Argentines protested in favour of LGBTQ+ rights after Milei made a speech in Davos, Switzerland, in which he questioned 'feminism, diversity, inclusion, abortion, environmentalism and gender ideology”, calling progressive policies a “cancer that must be extirpated'....
"Milei has frequently voiced criticism of international bodies, but many critics interpreted Wednesday’s decision to withdraw from the WHO as an attempt to align himself even more closely with the US president.... Following Trump’s lead, the libertarian has also announced plans to leave the Paris climate agreement and build a 200m wire fence along the border with Bolivia to curb immigration....
"In November, Milei visited Palm Beach, Florida, and became the first foreign leader to meet with Trump after his election victory. The Argentinian was one of three Latin American presidents to attend Trump’s inauguration at the Capitol, alongside El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa.
"Since taking office, Milei has implemented a series of austerity measures in state healthcare, the latest of which included 1,400 layoffs at the ministry of health in January – among them, 30% of the vaccine directorate staff, and 40% of the HIV, hepatitis and tuberculosis response directorate team."
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/05/javier-milei-argentina-who
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