Argentina’s Fentanyl Scandal Exposes Deep Political Corruption and Threatens Public Safety

Argentina is grappling with a deadly fentanyl crisis that has claimed nearly 90 lives and revealed the dangerous entanglement of political favoritism with public health oversight. At the center of the storm is President Javier Milei, who is boldly accusing the long-dominant Kirchnerist faction of covering for corrupt actors responsible for contaminated drugs that endangered countless patients. How Deep Does the Kirchnerist Corruption Go? The Argentine government under Milei has threatened to seek the recusal of Judge Ernesto Kreplak, pointing out a glaring conflict of interest: Kreplak’s brother, Nicolás Kreplak, serves as Buenos Aires Province’s Health Minister and allegedly is...