Singer Randy Malcom

Demonstrators shout their solidarity with the Cuban people against the communist government, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Hialeah, Florida. Hialeah has the greatest concentration of Cuban exiles in the US.

‘Homeland and life’: The chant to Cuba’s anti-government protests

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“We never wrote the song for us. We didn’t do it to get attention. We did it for the people. We did [it] because we want change,” said Cuban singer Randy Malcom, about his song, “Patria y vida,” in an interview with The World’s Latin America correspondent, Jorge Valencia.

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