My subjective perception of the matter is that gender violence is very common in Cuba, but at the same time there are elements of Cuban society that facilitate women breaking out of a violent situation.
The first day I went to that plaza to change money at one of the Cadeca offices, I got in the line that had already formed. A Cuban told me that I was actually behind a lady who was sitting next to a kind of obelisk. I told him OK, with no complaints. But then some Australians came and got in line behind me…