News of suicide

Historically high suicide rates cause alarm in Argentina

19-09-2026 07:43 Bereaved relatives and mental health specialists are trying to start a conversation about suicide in Argentina as more people than ever are choosing to end their own lives.

Politics

President: Not re-electing me would be 'social suicide'

03-09-2026 00:27 President closes out right-wing Vientos de Cambio forum in Buenos Aires by ruling out any softening of his austerity drive ahead of next year's vote; While defending his economic programme and sharp attacks on the opposition, he declares: "If we don't win, it's because as a society we're choosing to commit suicide.”

HEALTH & SOCIETY

Suicides in Argentina reached record high in 2025

31-08-2026 15:32 Alarming report shows suicides recorded by the criminal information system rose from 3,304 in 2017 to 5,209 in 2025 – a 57.7% increase. Suicide has now become the leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults in Argentina.

by Enrique Garabetyan

DEATH OF ALBERTO NISMAN

Milei government remembers Nisman, describes death as ‘murder’

19-01-2025 09:08 President’s Office reaffirmed its “commitment to seek justice for the victims of AMIA” bombing in statement marking 10th anniversary of late prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s death.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

The 86th victim

18-01-2025 06:41 Ten years later, Argentine society is still owed an explanation of a bafflingly mysterious death.

by Michael Soltys

DEATH OF ALBERTO NISMAN

A decade on, prosecutors conclude Alberto Nisman was killed

10-01-2025 11:22 Eight days before the 10th anniversary of his death, a new report concludes that late special prosecutor Alberto Nisman was killed for investigating alleged cover-up of the perpetrators of AMIA terrorist bombing in 1994.