Javier Milei announces Argentina to leave World Health Organization
Country’s president and Donald Trump fan follows US example in move criticized by health organisations
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”.
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