The authorities of Sancti Spíritus confirmed this Saturday the arrest in the municipality of Taguasco de Liván Reinaldo Mora Pérez the slowwho is accused of stabbing to death on February 28 Vanelis Macola in the town of Tuinicu.
According to information provided by the Headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Body of the Ministry of the Interior to the official newspaper EscambrayMora Pérez has “multiple criminal records for the crimes of threats, injuries, theft, rape, robbery, among others.”
It is confirmed that Mora Pérez had had a relationship with the victim, who worked as a nurse in the Nieves Morejón provincial prison and left an orphaned son.
“It is alarming, worrisome and hopeless” the increase in femicides on the Island, which now total 16 this year, warned the independent platform Alas Tensas. This is even more alarming due to “the immobility of the Cuban authorities.”
“The increase in femicides on the island is alarming, worrisome and hopeless,” which now totals 16 this year, warned the independent platform Alas Tensas
According to the registry of the Alas Tensas Observatory, so far a total of 32 cases have been verified in 2020, followed by 36 femicides in 2021 and another 36 in 2022.
“Given the state’s denial of the problem, we continue to bet on the citizen response for the prevention of gender violence, specifically femicides,” said the platform. I do believe you in Cuba. “This is a problem of the whole society and that is how we must face it.”
The demand from independent organizations and media raised their voices. Alas Tensas and its Gender Observatory have demanded that the Cuban government “declare a State of Emergency due to the increasing escalation of macho intimidation,” but so far these efforts have been unsuccessful.
Last February, the Gender Observatory denounced the lack of interest in the issue and showed that initiatives such as the Program for the Advancement of Women or the Strategy have remained promising. “The promised Gender Violence Observatory has not yet arrived and Line 103 was not active for even a year,” stressed in a statement. “They are killing us because we lack protocols and effective prevention mechanisms in Cuba.”
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