14ymedio, Havana, 6 March 2024 — The murders of Dinosca Rivera Martí, a resident of the town of Carlos Rojas, in Matanzas, and Martina Hernández, a resident of Becerra, a rural neighborhood in the city of Las Tunas, are the two newest cases of femicides reported this Wednesday by the Women’s Network of Cuba, Alas Tensas and Yo Sí Te Creo en Cuba.
The murder of Rivera Martí, 34, occurred on March 5 at the hands of her partner and the father of her children. “The aggressor attacked her in public on the road, after she left her two young children at school, who at least did not witness the events,” explain the feminist platforms.
In the case of Hernández, whose age could not be specified, the murder occurred on February 12, also at the hands of her partner.
The average profile of a victim of femicide in Cuba in 2023 is that of a 37-year-old woman, with at least one minor in her care, murdered by her ex-partner.
The platforms, which sent cond