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Feminist group confirms another gender-related killing in Cuba, bringing 2026 total to 48

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Named sources Outcome reported
  • Independent feminist platform Alas Tensas confirmed the killing of 17-year-old Camila González Arias, allegedly by her 29-year-old partner, bringing the number of femicides recorded in Cuba this year to 48, according to EFE's compilation.
  • The group said the teenager died after an attack at a home in Havana's Arroyo Naranjo municipality and had been supporting a family facing severe hardship.
  • Alas Tensas highlighted five cases involving girls or adolescents this year and criticized the persistence of early unions and unequal relationships between teenage girls and adult men.

Alas Tensas has confirmed the killing of a 17-year-old girl in Cuba, raising to 48 the number of femicides recorded on the island so far this year, according to data compiled by EFE.

The independent feminist platform identified the victim as Camila González Arias. It said she died on June 21 after an alleged attack by her 29-year-old partner at his home in La Palma, a neighborhood in Havana's Arroyo Naranjo municipality. The age gap, the group said, "cannot become a footnote."

cannot become a footnote

· Alas TensasThe feminist platform referred to the age difference between the 17-year-old victim and her alleged 29-year-old partner.

Alas Tensas said the teenager lived amid severe family deprivation. Alongside her studies, she cared for her younger sister and for her ill mother and grandmother. "A teenager was holding together a family structure in a country where there is no water, no electricity and no social protection at all," the platform said.

A teenager was holding together a family structure in a country where there is no water, no electricity and no social protection at all

· Alas TensasThe group described the family responsibilities and deprivation facing the victim.

The group's Observatory of Femicides said the death remained "practically in silence" after it occurred. The organization said it needed a prolonged and difficult verification process before gathering enough information to confirm the femicide.

Alas Tensas also drew attention to five girls and adolescents killed in different forms of gender-based violence in Cuba this year. It criticized what it called the normalization, over decades, of relationships between teenage girls and adult men, and the consequences of those "deeply unequal relationships." Cuba removed legal exemptions and parental permissions for underage marriage in 2022, setting the minimum age at 18. The platform said early unions and teenage motherhood nevertheless persist. Cuban authorities consider teenage pregnancy a serious social and health problem, with about 18% to 19% of births involving mothers aged 15 to 19. National statistics showed the rate among girls aged 10 to 14 reached 1.4 per 100 in 2025, up from 1.3 in 2021.

practically in silence

· Observatory of Alas TensasThe observatory described how the death was treated after it occurred.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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