Yotuel Romero, Jacob Forever, and El Chacal premiered their new song, Puente Libertad, in the presence of the mayor of Hialeah, Rosa María Payá, José Daniel Ferrer, and thousands of Cuban Americans.
14ymedio, Hialeah, Alejandro Mena Ortiz, March 25, 2026 – “If Cuba is in the streets, so are we.” With that premise, thousands of Cubans in exile gathered this Tuesday at Milander Park in Hialeah, Florida, at an event called by the city’s mayor, Republican Bryan Calvo, and the Cuban Anti-Communist Foundation. At the event, a mix of demonstration and concert attendees repeatedly called for “freedom” and a U.S. “military intervention” on the Island to put an end to the Castro regime.
Among the exile figures present at the event, called the Free Cuba Rally, were Rosa María Payá, leader of Cuba Decide; Orlando Gutiérrez Boronat, spokesperson for the Cuban Democratic Directorate; José Daniel Ferrer, leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba; and influencer Alexander Otaola, who proclaimed from the stage: “Freedom is very close, freedom is in the air.”
“We all know the saying ‘no evil lasts a hundred years.’ But now it doesn’t say that, it says ‘no evil lasts 68 years.’ And therefore, this is the final year of Castro-communist tyranny,” Ferrer said emphatically.
From the political sphere, in addition to the city’s mayor, there was Senator Ileana García, who urged the exile community to stay this course so that the Trump Administration intervenes. “I think that by showing up here, we continue to pressure the government to do the right thing,” she said. In the stands, several people displayed signs reading “Intervene now. No dialogue.”
“Tonight is about one message, with a single voice saying that we want change in Cuba. We want complete change, real change,” Bryan Calvo called out, amid shouts of Patria y Vida, one of the most chanted slogans at the event, which featured the participation of Yotuel Romero, one of the authors of the song that became a symbol of the July 11, 2021 protests, performed yesterday by the artist.
The former Orishas singer, Jacob Forever, and El Chacal premiered live last night their new song, Puente Libertad, in which they speak of a prosperous future for Cuba. “Let’s imagine together that bridge that connects us all, where happiness and abundance are the present of our Island,” the lyrics say. A few days ago, the authors released the music video for the song, created with artificial intelligence, which shows American brands such as McDonald’s and Walmart in Havana.
Nestor Meness and El Rojo also performed Como me duele Cuba, as did Los Tres de La Habana. Although the most emotional moment for those present was the performance of the national anthem, sung by the artist Lena Burke.
Alejandro González of Los Pichy Boys told the press that Cubans “are ready to face the hardships that come their way if that means they will be free in the end.” For that reason, amid a situation that is deteriorating by the moment on the Island, attendees reaffirmed, as one of the goals of the event, to show everyone that “Cuba is not alone.”
Translated by Regina Anavy
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