President of Argentina Javier Milei ordered the country to withdraw from the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Wednesday.
Presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni described the reason for the departure as “profound differences in health management” with the U.N. body. During a news conference, Adorni told reporters the decision for Argentina to withdraw from the W.H.O. was specifically a result of its poor handling of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
Argentina’s exit from the W.H.O. comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order similarly abandoning the agency. The Associated Press (AP) noted that the exit of another country from the W.H.O. “will further fracture cooperation in global health.”
Adorni added that Argentina would “not allow an international organization to intervene” in the country’s sovereignty, adding that it would especially not…
