Feminist platforms confirmed on Monday the femicide of Tamara Carreras Martínez, 57, who was attacked by her partner on October 24 in the middle of a public street in downtown Santiago de Cuba.
"Despite being defended by passersby, Tamara did not survive the attack. Her assailant was apprehended," added the joint statement from the Gender Observatory Alas Tensas (OGAT) and YoSíTeCreo en Cuba (YSTCC).
"Our condolences go out to his only son, who is of legal age, as well as to other family members and close friends, along with his colleagues at the University of Oriente," added both platforms, which updated the number of femicides so far this year.
As of October 28, the underreporting recorded by the mentioned observatories includes 43 femicides, five attempted femicides, six cases that require access to police investigation, and two murders of men due to gender-related reasons.
Investigations are also underway into alleged femicides in Las Tunas, Matanzas, Camagüey, and Guantánamo.
Tamara Carreras Martínez, the latest victim of machista violence in Cuba, worked in the IT department at the University of Oriente, an educational institution that even issued a condolence notice on its social media, although they did not specify the cause of her death.
According to earlier reports by journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada, the attacker was beaten by neighbors of the community who witnessed the femicide.
Tamara Carrera Martínez would have turned 58 next November and lived on San Antonio Street, between Barnada and San Agustín.
A neighbor who requested anonymity told the mentioned source that the woman was experiencing abuse.
"The husband is very toxic and was stifling her," she noted.
The victim had a son, Ariel Despaigne Carreras, who was caught in this tragedy while making the journey through Central America.
Just a few days ago, the femicide of Yucleidis "Cuca" Morales was confirmed in the same province, specifically in Baltony, in the Los Reynaldo popular council, in the municipality of Songo-La Maya.
In August, the regime revealed that in 2023, 60 cases of murders of women aged 15 or older for gender-related reasons were tried in court, of which 50 (83.3%) were killed by their partners or ex-partners, while the rest were murdered by other assailants, according to data from the Cuba Gender Equality Observatory.
A total of 378 cases of sexual violence were also judged, and an unspecified number of women sustained injuries following attacks from their former partners.
The Cuban Penal Code does not classify femicide as a crime, nor does it use the terms "femicide" or "machismo crime."
The official Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) has acknowledged that more than 16,000 women and girls from 9,579 families are living in situations of violence in the country.
In July, the government established a national system for the registration, attention, monitoring, and oversight of incidents of gender-based violence within the family context.
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