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The Havana neighborhood of El Vedado woke up this Friday in shock after the femicide of a resident on 27th Street, who was found dead early in the morning in the park at the central corner of 23rd Street and Paseo Avenue, in the heart of the Plaza de la Revolución municipality.
The victim, a resident of 27th Street, received four stab wounds and bled to death.
The professor and historian Julio César González Pagés, a resident of the area known as "West Vedado," was the one who publicly denounced the crime on Facebook.
"The neighborhood woke up yesterday in shock over the femicide of a resident from 27th Street, who was found dead after having received four stab wounds. The murder, due to exsanguination, occurred in the early hours at the central park at the corner of 23rd Street and Paseo Avenue," wrote González Pagés.
According to comments from neighbors gathered by the academic, the alleged attacker is said to be the victim's ex-partner, who reportedly attempted to take their own life the day before the crime.
The woman leaves behind two young orphaned children and a devastated family.
The crime occurred while the neighborhood was without electricity, gas, or water, a situation that González Pagés summarized with bitter irony: "Chronicles of an ordinary Friday from Apogonia, the capital of Oscuristan. Not a single one less!"
This femicide is not an isolated incident, but rather the latest episode in a spiral of violence that has been shaking El Vedado for days.
González Pagés reported on Thursday that neighbors go out in the early morning to catch thieves due to the impunity, and that in just one week, more than 30 burglaries were recorded in homes within the area between Zapata and 23, and between Paseo and 12.
On Wednesday, he himself suffered an attempted robbery by two minors while returning with his groceries, and he warned, "Older adults are now the target of robberies and assaults."
The case fits the dominant pattern of femicides in Cuba documented by the Gender Observatory of Alas Tensas (OGAT): 83.3% are committed by a partner or ex-partner, 64.6% are carried out with a knife, and 62.5% occur in the victim's immediate surroundings.
Until May 23, the OGAT had verified 26 femicides in Cuba so far in 2026, compared to the 48 recorded throughout 2025, indicating that the pace this year is significantly more severe.
The actual figures could be even higher, as the Cuban state does not publish official statistics on these crimes, and underreporting is a constant acknowledged by independent observers.
The legal framework exacerbates the problem: the Penal Code in effect since November 2022 does not categorize femicide as an independent crime, Cuba lacks a comprehensive law on gender-based violence, and there are no shelters for at-risk women or effective protection protocols.
Between 2019 and 2025, OGAT and the organization Yo Sí Te Creo en Cuba documented a total of 315 femicides on the Island, a figure that reflects the magnitude of a crisis that the regime refuses to officially acknowledge.
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