Milei's government blames the World Health Organization and the Executive headed by Alberto Fernández (2019-2023) for imposing in Argentina the "longest lockdown in the history of humanity."

The Argentine government has announced that the country will soon withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) due to "deep disagreements" over the management of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the interest of national "sovereignty" in health matters, a measure with which the South American country follows the line set by Donald Trump in the United States.

Javier Milei's government blames the WHO and the previous Executive, headed by Alberto Fernández, for the "longest lockdown in the history of humanity", while accusing the WHO of allowing itself to be infected by "the political influence of some states", in the words of spokesman Manuel Adorni.

"We Argentines will not allow an international organisation to intervene in our sovereignty, much less in our health," said Adorni, who ruled out that the measure could affect the Argentine health system in any way because it does not receive any funding from the WHO. In this sense, he argued that the withdrawal will give Argentina "greater flexibility" when making its own decisions.

Buenos Aires has not set a deadline, although it will not be an immediate break, because a year must pass from the formal notification of the withdrawal until the final departure from the WHO. The Trump administration already took this step in January, the same week that the tycoon took office to return to the White House.