Machismo

A U.S. Navy sailor is under investigation for wearing an offensive patch towards Venezuelans on his jacket

Twelve Cuban women fell victim to femicide abroad in 2025

New femicides confirmed in Cuba: Two women murdered by their partners

Two acts of misogynistic violence shock San Juan and Martínez, Pinar del Río

Violence against women: 2025 ends with 48 femicides in Cuba, according to unofficial figures

Tragedy of Cubans in Missouri: Man kills his ex-partner and her boyfriend, then takes his own life

A week marked by violence against women has raised the number of femicides in Cuba to 45 in 2025

Michelle Obama says that the U.S. "is not ready" for a woman president and dismisses any political aspirations

Feminicide in Ciego de Ávila: Teacher killed by her ex-partner after weeks of harassment

Gender observatories confirm 12 attempts of femicide in Cuba up to October 2025

This is how Trump complimented the Italian Prime Minister in front of leaders attending the summit in Egypt

A Cuban woman puts a Cuban man in his place for saying he wants to find a woman "10 years younger."

Cuban state-owned company launches job offer with a sexist and discriminatory bias

The "Vampirach" of Castroism: Sandro Castro and his crude strategy to sell beer

Lis Cuesta Peraza: "For Cuban women, it is good for us to resist and advance."

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

Palmas y Cañas is noted as the most sexist 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 murdered by her ex-partner in Santiago de Cuba

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

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

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

Cuban activists create a database with documents from the UMAP

Abel Prieto corrects himself but maintains his disdain for the claims of the LGTBIQ+ movement

Díaz-Canel denies the existence of femicide in Cuba: "It's a media construction."

Ulises Toirac congratulates Cuban women: "They are the nail from which we precariously hang."

Cuba has reported five femicides so far this year

Government publishes official figure of femicides: A total of 117 women have been murdered as of October 2023

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

Cuban woman beaten and locked in a car for almost 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 does it, he goes to jail."

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

Demonstrations will demand the freedom of Cuban political prisoners on March 8

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

Akon sets social media ablaze with sexist comments: "The man is the one 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 is captured walking through Vedado after being sentenced for sexual abuse

Amelia Calzadilla on the sentencing of Fernando Bécquer: "I don't know whether to laugh or cry."

Bécquer ruling confirms the vulnerability of Cuban women

YoSíTeCreo in Cuba on the sentence against 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 ad following complaint on social media

Death of Cuban nurse points to gender-based violence

Bad Bunny speaks out against machismo and stands up 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 close to dying at the hands of 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 long tradition and many accomplices

Ciro Bianchi defends the harassment of women on 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