SLP, Mexico.- The Yo Sí Te Creo platform in Cuba and the Gender Observatory of the feminist magazine Tense Wings (OGAT) reported the verification of two new femicides on the Island, which brings the number of victims in 2024 to 45.
The new fatalities of the violence machismo in Cuba were named Dianelis Veloz Hernández and Yoannia (Yuyi) Hernández Pupo, both young mothers, murdered in public places.
Dianelis Veloz, 31, died on the street after being attacked by her partner, on October 28, in El Cerro, Havana. The crime occurred after the victim dropped her son off at school.
In this case, they indicated that the infant is the result of a previous relationship and insisted on the importance of providing psychological support to the children of victims of femicides.
On the other hand, Yoannia (Yuyi) Hernández Pupo, 32 years old, died at the hands of a man with whom she had a relationship whose nature has not yet been specified. The feminicide occurred in a public place, where the victim was with a group of friends on the night of October 30, in the city of Holguín.
Hernández also leaves behind a small son, four years old; He is survived by his mother and other relatives. According to feminist platforms, boys and girls would have witnessed the crime perpetrated against Yoannia.
The verification of these two cases occurs just a week after another was reported when a woman from Santiago de Cuba He died in the street at the hands of his partner.
Tamara Carreras Martínez, 57 years old, was attacked by her partner on October 24, on a public street in the center of the city of Santiago de Cuba. According to feminist platforms, the action of several passers-by, who defended her, failed to prevent the crime: Tamara did not survive the attack.
The news had first been published by journalist Yosmany Mayeta. According to the reporter, the aggressor was beaten by neighborhood residents who witnessed the attack. Later, he was arrested.
The victim was a worker in the Computerization area at the Universidad de Oriente, an institution that left a note of condolences on social networks for the “death” without referring to the cause of death.
The rate of femicides on the Island (although not exhaustive) is the sixth highest in all of Latin America and the Caribbean compared to the records of sexist murders from the Gender Equality Observatory of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). ) of 2022, as reported by the agency EFE.
The visibility of cases of sexist violence in independent media and on social networks led the Government to propose an Interoperable Administrative Registry, “that allows for real-time information on the violent deaths of women and girls for reasons of gender”.
However, feminist organizations consider that this measure is insufficient and that the Government must take concrete actions to prevent and punish sexist violence.
