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Neighbors Talk About ‘Antecedents of Sexist Violence’ Against Murdered Woman in Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 4 January 2022 — A mother of two grown children, Maylén Guerra García, who worked as a custodian at the Chiquitico Fabregat sugar refinery, in Remedios (Villa Clara), was murdered by her partner on January 2, according to information published by Alas Tensas magazine. It is the first femicide of the year registered on the Island. … Continue reading “Neighbors Talk About ‘Antecedents of Sexist Violence’ Against Murdered Woman in Cuba”

The Cuban Conflict Observatory Documented 79 protests on November 15th (15N)

14ymedio, Havana, December 1, 2021 — Threats from State Security and the deployment of the military throughout main streets in Cuba gripped the population with fear and thwarted the massive protests planned for November 15th (15N), but that same day, there were 79 protests in the country. These were logged by the Cuban Conflict Observatory … Continue reading “The Cuban Conflict Observatory Documented 79 protests on November 15th (15N)”

“In Cuba, Our Parents’ Generation is Collapsing”

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 30 January 2021 — Celia González (Havana, 1985) has arrived from Mexico to link Nicaragua and Cuba in an exhibition that reflects the political similarities of both nations. She is an artist who likes provocation, research and data who graduated from the Higher Institute of Art in 2009, but long before … Continue reading ““In Cuba, Our Parents’ Generation is Collapsing””

Two Women Shot Dead in the Middle of the Street in Santiago de Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 7 November 2020 — Around eight in the morning on Saturday a man shot two women who were at a bus stop in the Micro 9 neighborhood in the city of Santiago de Cuba. One of the victims died at the scene and the other died while undergoing surgery at the Saturnino Lora … Continue reading “Two Women Shot Dead in the Middle of the Street in Santiago de Cuba”

A Week of Violent Homicides in Havana

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 16 October 2020 — Safety and the absence of robberies and street crime were always a symbol of the Cuban regime. That was not the case these last few days, when various murders took place in Havana, without a single mention from the official press. As in other similar instances, the … Continue reading “A Week of Violent Homicides in Havana”

"It wasn’t a cow they killed. It was a girl they raped."

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 6 October 2020 — While day after day they carry on about the arrests of re-sellers and “hoarders,” the official media maintain total silence on the rape of a 13-year-old girl by five men in Havana’s El Cotorro municipality. Not only that, complains the victim’s mother: the Police have released three … Continue reading “"It wasn’t a cow they killed. It was a girl they raped."”

The ‘Puncturing’ of Statistics in Cuba

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 6 January 2019 — Recently, the official press announced that infant mortality in Cuba during 2019 was 5 children per thousand live births. The Communist Party owned Granma newspaper stressed that this meant that the Island continued to have better indicators than many countries in Latin America and the world, but did not mention that the data … Continue reading “The ‘Puncturing’ of Statistics in Cuba”

Panama Declaration / Rafael León Rodríguez

Rafael León Rodríguez, (El candil de Rafa), Panama City/Cuba, 10 June 2019.The members of the Coalition for Democratic Unity (Muad), who met in Panama City 3rd and 4th of June, 2019 in the 2019 Strategy Workshop, along with our colleagues from the island of Cuba, who were hindered from going there by the government, agreed the … Continue reading “Panama Declaration / Rafael León Rodríguez”

"Available," the Official Cuban Euphemism for the Unemployed

14ymedio, Marcelo Hernández, Havana, 5 July 2019 —  Official terminology in Cuba has its forbidden words. A lot of missing terms that can not be used by national officials, ministers or media. That forbidden vocabulary includes concepts such as crisis, femicide or unemployment. For Cubans who do not work, despite having the age and physical conditions … Continue reading “"Available," the Official Cuban Euphemism for the Unemployed”

Cuban MeToo Movement Challenges the Power with “Hairs on Its Chest”

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 2 July 2019 – He watches her pass by and whistles as she walks away, on the bus he sticks to a young woman until he is so close she feels his sweat on her skin and, when he gets home, his wife has dinner on the table and doesn’t start … Continue reading “Cuban MeToo Movement Challenges the Power with “Hairs on Its Chest””

Cuban Women, The Rights We Lack

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 8 March 2019 — This Thursday, Cuban national TV broadcast some minutes of the first session of the Congress of the Cuban Women’s Federation (FMC) now underway in Havana. In the most of the speeches I heard, they were talking about women as a part of the Cuban economy and our … Continue reading “Cuban Women, The Rights We Lack”

Parents of the Doctor Murdered in Brazil Want to Bring Her Baby to Cuba

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, February 10, 2019 — The parents of Laidys Sosa, the Cuban doctor who was murdered last Sunday by her husband in the state of Sao Paulo, traveled this Monday to Brazil to claim custody of the young woman’s baby, as 14ymedio confirmed from sources close to the victim. The doctor, 37, … Continue reading “Parents of the Doctor Murdered in Brazil Want to Bring Her Baby to Cuba”

Alleged Murderer of Two Women in Cienfuegos Commits Suicide

14ymedio, Justo Mora / Mario J. Pentón, Cienfuegos/Miami, 5 December 2018 — Rafael Garcia, alleged perpetrator of the double femicide that shook Cienfuegos last May, committed suicide on the eve of his trial, scheduled for Wednesday, several sources close to the family confirmed to 14ymedio. The tension was thick in the air in the morning hours in the vicinity of … Continue reading “Alleged Murderer of Two Women in Cienfuegos Commits Suicide”

Victims of Machismo and Official Silence

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 25 August 2018 — A few weeks ago, purely by chance, I attended an international event about the treatment of gender violence in the press. The official Cuban representative at the meeting, with a certain pride and a touch of superiority, emphasized that on the island there was no “crime blotter” and … Continue reading “Victims of Machismo and Official Silence”

Murder of Two Women Shocks Cienfuegos

14ymedio, Justo Mora/Mario J. Pentón, Cienfuegos/Miami, 22 May 21 — It was 11:30 in the morning last Thursday when Luis Roque heard the first calls for help. He was about to go to work when his neighbor’s screams made him stop short. “Oh my little daughter, oh my little daughter,” shouted Tomasa Causse Fabat, a 64-year-old nurse on … Continue reading “Murder of Two Women Shocks Cienfuegos”