Violence in Cuba

Minint boasts of solving a homicide on Isla de la Juventud in less than 48 hours and accuses the media of spreading "false information."

"I thought they were going to kill me": Cuban reports beating by six police officers in Guanabo

Brutal beating of a political prisoner in Holguín prison: broken arms and head injuries

"We work in the worst conditions, like dogs": a striking denunciation from a Cuban doctor

A Cuban man is arrested after injuring a teenager with a machete in Granma: What do we know about what happened?

Cuba falls in the Global Peace Index

Cuban transformista denounces physical assault for complaining about blackouts in La Lisa

Official media insists that the events of July 11 were marked by media manipulation, and Cubans respond: "Millions of people around the world saw it."

Morón family seeks help to find missing custodian who confronted thieves days before

A Cuban farmer in Songo-La Maya is armed and assaulted, forced to abandon his land

New femicide in Cuba: 54-year-old woman dies in Camagüey after being stabbed by her partner

Solar panels stolen from the Mother and Child Home in Cárdenas

From surviving to resigning: photographer reflects on the "normalization" of the crisis in Cuba

Cuba reaches 38 femicides in 2026: a young mother is the first victim of July

Leonardo Romero Negrín's mother denounces the continued harassment against her son despite his release

Cuban psychologist: "Aggressiveness is being normalized in the country as a way to cope with life."

Cuban pediatrician reports that a man showed up at his home to assault him after a medical consultation

Selene Perdomo: “The Cuban regime has had 67 years without opposition and has plunged the country into despair.”

Teenager assaulted in La Güinera identified: She was 17 years old and was not the target of the attack that cost her life

17-year-old teenager dies in violent incident in La Güinera

Ulises Toirac on the conga from Matanzas: "It is the evidence of being a failed state in all its magnitude."

Youth from Fuera de la Caja Cuba denounce inhumane treatment during interrogation: "They will pay for it."

Youth illiteracy, child labor, drugs, and violence in Cuba: the realities that concern Father Alberto Reyes

Luis Alberto García warns about the rise of crime and criticizes MININT: "Will Cuban gangs grow?"

Two women murdered by their ex-partners in Sancti Spíritus in one week

Lester Domínguez celebrates his birthday while awaiting surgery

More Cubans report a dangerous man in Camagüey: "They are waiting for a tragedy to occur."

Five days without a trace of a young man in Holguín: concerns are growing

You throw at me, I throw at you: Guardians and thieves clash with stones in the photovoltaic park of Ciego de Ávila

Warning about an individual harassing with a knife on the streets of Camagüey while the police do not act

Two men arrested in Matanzas accused of attempted murder

Residents in Santiago de Cuba capture a thief and hold him until the police arrive

Cuba has reported 350 femicides from 2019 to June 2026, according to independent observatories

"It's killing me": Lester, the young man paralyzed by a machete blow in Holguín, has been waiting a year for surgery

The height of irony: UN recognizes the FMC for protecting women and girls

In Guantánamo, 11 members of three gangs linked to nighttime robberies in central areas of the city have been arrested

Feminicide in Cuba: Mother of two young children killed by her ex-partner in Mayabeque, bringing the total number of crimes to 35

Father of young man attacked with machetes in Holguín seeks help due to institutional neglect: "He's alive by a miracle."

Two men arrested for the violent death of a young man inside a polyclinic in Jovellanos, Matanzas

Young man reports violent theft of his bike in Las Tunas: "If I didn’t let go, he would have stabbed me."

"I want to see you living in hunger": Actor Luis Alberto García sends a message to Cuban leaders

Cuba reaches 34 femicides in 2026 following the violent death of a missing woman in Havana

A mother posts pictures of her son all over Santiago de Cuba to ensure his death does not go unpunished

A "joke" involving a machete to create viral content puts an elderly man at risk and sparks outrage in Holguín

Mass farewell in Palma Soriano to the young Jesús Alberto Martínez Fernández (Videos)

Opposition organizations demand justice for the death of young Jesús Alberto Martínez Fernández

A 26-year-old man is killed in Palma Soriano, and his mother reports threats from State Security

25-year-old man killed by his partner in Centro Habana: Cuba has seen 33 femicides this year

Reported assault on intensivist doctor at hospital in Cárdenas

Crime in Cuba: Youth Gangs on the Rise

New details emerge regarding the death of a Cuban woman found in a park in El Vedado

Cuban playwright denounces knife attack on the Malecón: "There is no longer safety in my country"

Thief confesses "remorse" after being caught red-handed by neighbors in Santiago de Cuba

Cuban man reports theft of tires from his bicycle taxi: "I only work to support my blind mother."

Cuba reaches 30 femicides in 2026 following the murder of Lisney Cárdenas, 26, in Camagüey

Cell phone thefts in Vedado, Havana: "The thieves do not rest," reports a Cuban professor

Three new femicides have been confirmed in Cuba, bringing the total to 29 so far this year

Consternation in El Vedado following the violent death of a woman

"I was beaten": Cuban political prisoner denounces repression following protest in Havana

Video: Cuban woman explodes against the assailant who snatched her phone in broad daylight