A new sexist crime was confirmed in Campechuela, Granma.
MIAMI, United States, . The magazine’s Gender Observatory Tense Wings (OGAT) and the YoSíTeCreo Femicide Observatory in Cuba (YSTCC) confirmed this Wednesday the murder of Darmis Ismarai (Gulli) Figueredo Rodríguez, 38, and his current partner, 43, which occurred on the night of January 7 in their home in the community of Gua, Cienaguilla, in the province of Granma.
According to both observatories, the crime was allegedly committed by the woman’s ex-partner. “The lack of prevention on the part of the Police is criticized once again, since Darmis had reported her aggressor,” they indicated.
The OGAT and YSTCC also sent condolences to the relatives of both victims: “Our condolences go to the two girls who survive Darmis and the two boys who survive her partner, and other relatives and loved ones.”
Just in the 14 days that have passed in 2026, there have already been two femicides that have occurred on the Island that have been verified by the OGAT and YSTCC. In the same time period, the two organizations confirmed an attempted femicide and the gender-based murder of a man.
The OGAT and YSTCC are today the main independent references in monitoring femicides on the Island. Given the absence or opacity of state data, these projects have become a key source for measuring sexist violence in Cuba.
Since 2019, both groups They have verified at least 300 femicides in Cubadespite operating in a hostile environment characterized by the criminalization of feminist activism, restricted access to institutional sources and the lack of a legal classification of feminicide in Cuban legislation.
While the authorities use expressions such as “murder for gender reasons” or “extreme gender violence”, independent groups insist on the need to name the problem as feminicide and demand the creation of public registration protocols and a comprehensive law against gender violence.
The Cuban State does not systematically publish annual statistics with detailed methodology nor does it offer disaggregated data with an intersectional approach accessible to citizens. This institutional opacity continues to be an obstacle to measuring the true magnitude of the phenomenon.
The OGAT and YSTCC maintain support lines and a mechanism for reporting and verifying femicides and attempts, supported by citizen complaints, media coverage and work in the territory. Its methodology—based on community verification and public documentation—is available in its institutional channels.
