Cuban-American artists spoke out Saturday following news of the death of longtime Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
Gloria Estefan, who was born in Havana but whose family fled Cuba, shared her thoughts on Instagram.
"Although the death of a human being is rarely cause for celebration, it is the symbolic death of the destructive ideologies that he espoused that, I believe, is filling the Cuban exile community with renewed hope and a relief that has been long in coming," the singer wrote.
"And although the grip of Castro's regime will not loosen overnight, the demise of a leader that oversaw the annihilation of those with an opposing view, the indiscriminate jailing of innocents, the separation of families, the censure of his people's freedom to speak, state sanctioned terrorism and the economic destruction of a once thriving & successful country, can only lead to positive change for the Cuban people and our world."
Estefan added: "May freedom continue to ring in the United States, my beautiful adopted country, and may the hope for freedom be inspired and renewed in the heart of every Cuban in my homeland and throughout the world."
The star's husband Emilio Estefan also weighed in on the death of Castro. He spoke with iHeartLatino's Enrique Santos, sharing his thoughts on the present and the future.
Also reacting to new of Castro's death on Saturday were Camila Cabello and Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony.
"I want nothing more than to see the families that were divided to come together again and for all the years of pain to come to an end," Cabello, who was born in Cuba, tweeted.
Jauregui, whose parents are Cuban, said on Instagram: "The cockroach died. #FreeCuba What happiness! I know that my grandmothers are dancing together in a party in heaven where [late Cuban singer] Celia Cruz is singing songs about liberty and freedom."
With a file by iHeartRadio