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Randy Malcom, a member of the Cuban duo Gente de Zona, called for the Cuban regime to be removed from power "without affecting the people more than they already are," in an interview published by ABC on April 20, during the duo's visit to Spain to launch their first extensive tour in the country.
"It is necessary for something to happen, something that does not harm the people more than they already are. If they need to remove them somehow, then let them do it. For me, that's fine. As long as they get rid of the government, I don't care how it happens," declared Malcom to journalist Nacho Serrano.
When asked whether a potential change managed by the Trump administration would be well-handled, the artist replied that he cannot speak about politics he does not know, but he can certainly discuss the reality of the 14 million Cubans who live on the island.
His colleague Alexander Delgado was equally direct about the expectations for change: "I believe one can no longer be hopeful, because so many things have happened. We, in particular, are for change, but with zero hope."
Regarding the argument of the free healthcare system that the regime often uses, Malcom dismantled it with a single phrase: "What do I want free healthcare for if it doesn't exist?"
Days earlier, on April 16, the duo had been even more emphatic in statements to the COPE network, where Gente de Zona denounced the reality of Cuba to Spain and referred to the government as a "narcogovernment," asserting: "The dictatorship must be eliminated."
In that same interview on COPE, Malcom described the healthcare collapse starkly: "Right now, there are no medicines; people don't even have an aspirin. If you want to have surgery, you have to bring your own thread and needle."
He also revealed that his grandmother spent a year in prison for opposing the government, and he reported that a liter of gasoline costs 10 dollars in Cuba for a citizen who only earns four dollars a month.
The duo emphasized that the crisis is not limited to Havana: "Cuba is not Havana, because it has 14 provinces with millions of municipalities where the power goes out for four or five days, where children have nothing to eat, where mothers take to the streets in desperation."
These statements are part of a political activism that the duo has intensified since the release of "Patria y Vida" in 2021, a song that became the anthem of the July 11 protests of that year and which the regime classified as a crime of incitement to delinquency.
Since then, Gente de Zona cannot return to Cuba as long as the dictatorship remains in power, as Delgado has stated on multiple occasions.
On March 30, during a concert in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, the duo called for freedom for Cuba shouting “Down with the dictatorship! Long live a free Cuba!”, and Delgado stated, “We are on the verge of achieving Cuba's freedom.”
On April 22, Delgado once again spoke out and described Cuba as “in decay, at the worst moment in its history”, demanding that “the Castro dynasty and their cronies step down.”
The Spanish tour of Gente de Zona kicks off on June 25, 2026 at the Movistar Arena in Madrid, marking their first tour in the country in nearly three decades of the duo's career.
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