Machismo

Lis Cuesta Peraza: "It suits us Cuban women to resist and move forward."

The ideal woman of the Cuban regime: "She was always in the background fulfilling Fidel's dreams."

Palmas y Cañas, identified as the most misogynistic and homophobic program in Cuba

Cuba will implement a hotline in 40 municipalities to report gender-based violence

Details of the murder of a young mother in Santiago de Cuba at the hands of her ex-partner

Young mother is killed by her ex-partner in Santiago de Cuba

Murder of a woman in Santiago de Cuba raises the number of femicides in the country to 40 in 2024

FMC acknowledges that more than 16,000 women and girls in Cuba face violence

FMC recognizes an increase in "femicides" in Cuba after the pandemic

Cuban activists create a database with documents from the UMAP

Abel Prieto rectifies but maintains his disdain for the demands of the LGTBIQ+ movement

Díaz-Canel denies that femicide exists in Cuba: "It's a media construct."

Ulises Toirac congratulates Cuban women: "She is the nail from which we precariously hang."

Cuba has already reported five femicides so far this year

Government releases official figure on femicides: 117 women murdered by October 2023

Machista violence: a man shoots his ex-partner in the head in Holguín

Cuban woman beaten and locked in a car for nearly 20 hours by ex-partner in Havana

Emotional message from the aunt of the Cuban woman murdered in Güines: "My heart aches for your absence."

The Goddess responds to those who ask her to change: "If my lyrics didn’t have an audience, I wouldn’t create them."

William Levy on affectionate gestures from a Spanish journalist towards him: "If a man did it, he'd go to jail."

Cuban mother is murdered by her ex-partner in Ciego de Ávila

Demonstrations will demand the release of Cuban political prisoners for March 8th

Actor Carlos Solar, from the telenovela "Asuntos pendientes": "Machismo in Cuba is very pronounced."

Akon ignites social media with sexist comments: "It is man who creates life, we are gods."

Woman arrested in Florida after threatening to cut off a man's penis

Musician Abel Lescay opposes the prison sentence for troubadour Fernando Bécquer

FMC condemns publications by Fernando Bécquer: "They are a mockery of justice"

Convicted of sexual assault, Fernando Bécquer dedicates a song to feminists

Fernando Bécquer was spotted walking through Vedado after being convicted of sexual abuse

Amelia Calzadilla on Fernando Bécquer's sentence: "I don't know whether to laugh or cry"

Bécquer's ruling confirms the vulnerability of Cuban women

YoSíTeCreo in Cuba on the conviction of Fernando Bécquer: "A disgrace for any justice system."

Outrage after lenient sentence for troubadour Fernando Bécquer for his sexual abuses

Private business in Havana apologizes for sexist advertisement following social media complaint

Death of Cuban nurse points to misogynistic violence

Bad Bunny takes a stand against machismo and voices his support for women in the urban genre

Díaz-Canel calls on Cubans to vote yes for the Family Code

Cuban woman reports insecurity and the presence of strangers near the University of Holguín

Cuban young woman reports that she was nearly killed by her partner in Russia

What Lis Cuesta, a Cuban, wishes for her 35th birthday: "May that dictator of your heart arrive soon."

Three femicides at the beginning of 2022 following the murder of a 21-year-old woman in Santiago de Cuba

Cuban academic Mabel Cuesta on patriarchy: It is a cultural practice with a lot of tradition and many accomplices

Ciro Bianchi defends the harassment of women in the street in his column on Cubadebate

Yunior García visits Cuban activists besieged by State Security

Criticism of the sexist job offer from a photography school in Havana

Sex, the objectification of women, and the specter of machismo

Two femicides and nearly thirty assaults on women in Cuba during May

Yeilis Torres, the former prosecutor attacked by Humberto López, has been arrested in Cuba

Mónica Baró to those who condone Humberto López's violence: “They are puppets of State Security.”

Yeilis Torres reveals details about her past: “If the government calls a Cuban woman who marries a foreigner a prostitute, then that’s what I am.”

Controversy over comment by writer Néstor Díaz de Villegas regarding Reuters correspondent in Cuba

Thalia responds to Arcángel with a sexy photo and a powerful message: "A woman is the owner and mistress of her body."

Tania Bruguera delivers a letter to CENESEX addressed to Mariela Castro for sharing a text with a message of hate

The Federation of Cuban Women inaugurates a laundry for International Women's Day

Mónica Baró responds to Mariela Castro for sharing a misogynistic text that incites violence

Residente, Becky G, and Cazzu react to Arcángel's controversial comment and support Anitta

Anitta responds to Arcángel's sexist comment: "Women deserve respect with or without their butts out."

Eight femicides and one murder related to gender-based violence in Cuba during 2021

Cuban feminist platform denounces state-sponsored misogynistic violence

Jacob Forever: “Let me have mine” I dedicated it to La Dura