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Some of Latin music's biggest stars plan to join Juanes to perform a free concert atop a bridge linking Colombia and Venezuela in a show of unity among neighboring South American countries still recovering from a diplomatic crisis.
Others scheduled to perform: Juan Luis Guerra, Miguel Bose, Carlos Vives and Alejandro Sanz.
Juanes, the Grammy-winning Colombian rocker, said the "Peace Without Borders" concert _ scheduled for Sunday _ is an effort to ease tensions caused by a Colombian raid into Ecuador to kill a top rebel leader on March 1. In response to the attack, Ecuador and its ally Venezuela briefly sent troops to their Colombian borders.
"We want to consolidate the union between our peoples," he told reporters Tuesday by telephone from the Dominican Republic. "We are brothers and sisters, we are equals. We just have to raise one flag together, the flag of peace."
The artists will perform on the Simon Bolivar Bridge linking Cucuta, Colombia, and San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, while fans from both countries line the banks of the narrow Tachira River that marks the border, local officials said.
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Damn if this doesn't look like an event we all would love to be at.... it's a MAD HOUSE!!!
Anyone from PBH present?
By Medellin Traveler on Mar 16, 2008, 14:09 in Friendly Talkzone.
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Simon says on Mar 16, 2008, 14:10: YES IT IS!! HERE'S SIMON!!!! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Colombiche says on Mar 16, 2008, 14:11: Watching the opening scenes of the concert made me teary eyed... No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy) 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Medellin Traveler says on Mar 16, 2008, 14:14: You got to have a whole lot of respect for Juanes, he sure LOVES his country...COLOMBIA! La cuidad de la primavera, estoy feliz porque te vuelvo a ver - www.medellintraveler.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Simon says on Mar 16, 2008, 14:20: Too bad Shakira couldn't make it. I also wish they would have invited the great Venezuelan salsa singer Oscar D'Leon. HERE'S SIMON!!!! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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MitchAlvarez says on Mar 16, 2008, 14:27: Juanes is the man!! "Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France" 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Man Tequila says on Mar 16, 2008, 14:53: Juanes is great, and I enjoyed the YouTube video. Ojalá que hubiera estado allÃ. I've seen Vives and hope to do so many more times. Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez) 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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aNdReSk says on Mar 16, 2008, 14:57: lol did u see the guy that jumped in when Alejandro Sanz was speaking :p
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Medellin Traveler says on Mar 16, 2008, 15:03:
La cuidad de la primavera, estoy feliz porque te vuelvo a ver - www.medellintraveler.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Medellin Traveler says on Mar 16, 2008, 15:05:
La cuidad de la primavera, estoy feliz porque te vuelvo a ver - www.medellintraveler.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Medellin Traveler says on Mar 16, 2008, 15:07:
La cuidad de la primavera, estoy feliz porque te vuelvo a ver - www.medellintraveler.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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MitchAlvarez says on Mar 16, 2008, 15:09:
"Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France" 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Man Tequila says on Mar 16, 2008, 15:14: If can't get it on TV, enjoy it live on Yahoo! Telemundo (if you can)... Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez) 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Medellin Traveler says on Mar 16, 2008, 15:31:
La cuidad de la primavera, estoy feliz porque te vuelvo a ver - www.medellintraveler.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Medellin Traveler says on Mar 16, 2008, 15:32:
La cuidad de la primavera, estoy feliz porque te vuelvo a ver - www.medellintraveler.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Simon says on Mar 16, 2008, 15:40: Great pics, Medellin Traveller, thanks!! HERE'S SIMON!!!! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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darkangel305 says on Mar 16, 2008, 17:01: Great show
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azunoman says on Mar 16, 2008, 17:03: I am so happy as this had to help the economies on both sides of the border most hurt by the 'tensions' of late. Ready, Fire, Aim 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Medellin Traveler says on Mar 16, 2008, 17:09:
La cuidad de la primavera, estoy feliz porque te vuelvo a ver - www.medellintraveler.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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tejasmarcos says on Mar 16, 2008, 18:24: Great job, MT! There is a TV on everywhere we go in this town today airing the concert. They just started to replay it a short while ago. trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine... 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Lisa Zee says on Mar 16, 2008, 18:27: More, more please! Que berraquera!!!!! Thanks MT
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tejasmarcos says on Mar 16, 2008, 18:50: juanes has a potty mouth! me chica says paisas are grosero with their talk at times. trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine... 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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LilaM says on Mar 16, 2008, 19:00: What Juanes said is like common slang... "You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don´t try" B. Sills 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Simon says on Mar 16, 2008, 19:15: Posted on Sun, Mar. 16, 2008 HERE'S SIMON!!!! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Medellin Traveler says on Mar 16, 2008, 19:34:
La cuidad de la primavera, estoy feliz porque te vuelvo a ver - www.medellintraveler.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Medellin Traveler says on Mar 16, 2008, 19:39:
La cuidad de la primavera, estoy feliz porque te vuelvo a ver - www.medellintraveler.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Medellin Traveler says on Mar 16, 2008, 19:45:
La cuidad de la primavera, estoy feliz porque te vuelvo a ver - www.medellintraveler.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Medellin Traveler says on Mar 16, 2008, 19:51:
La cuidad de la primavera, estoy feliz porque te vuelvo a ver - www.medellintraveler.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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romy says on Mar 16, 2008, 21:39: Grande Juanes, se le ve el crecimiento como persona. Pese a su historia que lo a inclinado a un pensamiento de derecha, en este concierto no salio con la misma rhetorica que usan los politicos sino que se enfoco en lo que es importante que es la paz. "El futuro de un pais no tiene que ver nadamas con un gobernante...La ciudadania es fundamental". Hizo bien en decirle a Uribe que no fuera.
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Lcacique says on Mar 16, 2008, 21:55: Here's some Carlos Vives, introduction: Hoy se nota en la floresta un ambiente de alegrÃa. ¡Y el rumor de rancherÃa es mas dulce y sabe a fiesta! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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houstongal says on Mar 16, 2008, 21:59: Miguel Bose has a great duet with Juanes (Nada Particular).....anyone know if they performed it at the concert? Culture is language and language is culture - Dr. Annamaria Napolitano 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Lcacique says on Mar 16, 2008, 22:19: As of late there has been a lot of criticism against entertainers for addressing such topics, something that i think is silly. Whether this concert will inspire positive change in Latin America, who knows? However, thank god there are musicians like those that took part in this event that realize the importance of spreading such a positive and vital message. Hoy se nota en la floresta un ambiente de alegrÃa. ¡Y el rumor de rancherÃa es mas dulce y sabe a fiesta! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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LilaM says on Mar 17, 2008, 06:00: Yes HG they where singing that one... very nice "You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don´t try" B. Sills 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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kat1 (Moderator) says on Mar 17, 2008, 06:48: I don't agree with that you see " oh todos en la cama o todos en el suelo" if they told Uribe not to go so the other presidents shouldn't have gone either, is for peace anyway so every president should be there not the ones who support terrorist. what a joke! engage brain before opening mouth 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Rikito says on Mar 17, 2008, 09:12: MitchAlvarez why are you are so f*** ignorant? Shakira has done more for charity than all of the "entertainers" at the Peace Concert combined. Hell, she has probably donated more than most of these men ever made. I heard that she has given and or raised over $200,000,000USD to charity…$45,000,000USD of her own money. Through her work she has supported programs for Adoption, Fostering, Orphans, AIDS, Children, Education, Environment, Health, Human Rights, Hunger, and Poverty. Shakira also supports charities such as: ALAS, Live Earth , ONE Campaign, UNICEF, Pies Descalzos, Treatment Action Campaign and she is currently a UNICEF Goodwill Amabassador. What have Juanes and the other male singers done for charity besides this concert? No doubt that Juan Luis Guerra and Miguel Bose have given to charity over the years, but what else has Juanes done except cheat on his wife. It is not life that matters, but the journey. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Simon says on Mar 17, 2008, 09:40: Rikito, yikes, hold on there, Juanes also has a foundation that helps land mine victims. HERE'S SIMON!!!! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Rikito says on Mar 17, 2008, 10:07: My point is that Mitch just jumped on Shakira without even looking into what she does to help the less fortunate. Calling her a fake is just f***ing ignorant. I like some of the music that Shakira has as I do Juanes, but it is ignorant for Mitch or anyone else to paint a singular act as the pathway to the Noble prize. How long has Shakira been around and how long has Juanes been around? Both do a tremendous amount of good and no doubt Juanes deserves a ton of attaboys for what he did yesterday. But don't jump on someone becasue they may have had other commitments 3,000 miles away and then call them a fake. It is not life that matters, but the journey. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Lcacique says on Mar 17, 2008, 10:50: kat1: did the other presidents attend? Hoy se nota en la floresta un ambiente de alegrÃa. ¡Y el rumor de rancherÃa es mas dulce y sabe a fiesta! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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cali373 says on Mar 17, 2008, 15:03: Where can we get one of those "Paz sin fronteras" t shirts? Smile if you are a thinker! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Mr. Hollywood says on Mar 17, 2008, 15:15: Do we even know if Shakira was asked?
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msaucey says on Mar 17, 2008, 15:29: I'm a Shakira fan.... Let's get the facts straight..... Traveling from across the world would have been close to impossible for a concert put together in one week... The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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MitchAlvarez says on Mar 17, 2008, 16:52: rikito watch you language peladito. "Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France" 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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houstongal says on Mar 17, 2008, 17:08: Thanks for posting Lila! That's one of my favorites on Miguel's CD. Culture is language and language is culture - Dr. Annamaria Napolitano 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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goin_south says on Mar 17, 2008, 17:37: Hey, what a crowd: ..... leavin louisiana in the broad day light 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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DodgerDogs says on Mar 17, 2008, 17:46: Juanes and Shakira work togather on a lot of Colombian issues. Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.Martin Luther King: 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Colombiche says on Mar 17, 2008, 18:42: Juanes for president! No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy) 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Simon says on Mar 17, 2008, 20:04: "Hizo bien en decirle a Uribe que no fuera." HERE'S SIMON!!!! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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LilaM says on Mar 17, 2008, 20:11: Estoy de acuerdo Simon... la ventaja de esto es que como la gente es de intensa... eso hubiera podido desestabilizar la tranquilidad del concierto, y en lo que no estoy de acuerdo es que para que invitan si después van a decir que no!! A propósito no vieron el loco que se subio a la tarima a decir cualquier g... nada sobre Alejandro Sanz!!! ese si es un loco de siete zuelas. Aquà les va..... "You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don´t try" B. Sills 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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romy says on Mar 17, 2008, 20:44: Simon,
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Simon says on Mar 17, 2008, 20:56: "Es la gente diciendole a los politicos que no quieren conflictos y que dejen de joder." HERE'S SIMON!!!! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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romy says on Mar 17, 2008, 21:20: Esto de Chavez y Correa no a sido comprobado. Recibir a Uribe en este evento es darle legitimidad que todavia no merece.
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Simon says on Mar 17, 2008, 21:23: "Recibir a Uribe en este evento es darle legitimidad que todavia no merece." HERE'S SIMON!!!! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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romy says on Mar 17, 2008, 21:26: estoy hablando de las alegacions que juntan a Chavez/Correa con los guerrillos... Pero si vamos a asumir alegaciones como verdades entonces hay varios que hablan de la extorsion por parte de los paras para conseguirle votos a Uribe.
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MitchAlvarez says on Mar 17, 2008, 21:38: que lo de chavez y correa no ha sido comprobado? "Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France" 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Dolfi says on Mar 18, 2008, 01:49: Uribe "defendiendo el derecho constitucional de a sus paÃses antes estas fuerzas oscuras"?
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Dolfi says on Mar 18, 2008, 01:49: Uribe "defendiendo el derecho constitucional de a sus paÃses antes estas fuerzas oscuras"?
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Dolfi says on Mar 18, 2008, 01:49: Uribe "defendiendo el derecho constitucional de a sus paÃses antes estas fuerzas oscuras"?
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la campiña says on Mar 18, 2008, 02:07: great gig, logistical mayhem, the sound men did an amazing job, politicaly where are we now?
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de pronto says on Mar 18, 2008, 06:50: Esta me parece una reseña interesante del concierto, yo no sé a ciencia cierta dónde se encontraba Shakira, pero aquà se menciona que estaba de vacaciones, yo tengo entendido que actualmente se encuentra organizando los eventos para su fundación ALAS. En fin ¿dónde estaba Shakira? ¡quien sabe! Como fan me hubiera gustado que estuviera allÃ. ... y viaje a Macondo todo pagado 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Simon says on Mar 18, 2008, 08:59: Dolfi, HERE'S SIMON!!!! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Lcacique says on Mar 18, 2008, 16:32: Can anyone tell me, did the other Presidents (i.e. Correa or Chavez) attend the show? kat1 seemed to suggest that Uribe was the only one that was told to stay home. I cannot imagine a bunch of Colombian musicians (juanes y Vives) making this mistake. Is their any truth to this or did I miss interpret kat? Hoy se nota en la floresta un ambiente de alegrÃa. ¡Y el rumor de rancherÃa es mas dulce y sabe a fiesta! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Rikito says on Mar 19, 2008, 17:09: Mitch, It is not life that matters, but the journey. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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MitchAlvarez says on Mar 19, 2008, 19:01: rikito vos sos como voltiarepas o que? jaja "Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France" 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Mr. Hollywood says on Mar 19, 2008, 20:12: Lcacique, I don't think either of the other presidents ever even attempted to attend the concert.
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Rikito says on Mar 20, 2008, 07:35: First...your spanish is very hard to understand. Second, I live in Armenia, Colombia. As in Colombia, a place that I doubt you have ever seen. It is not life that matters, but the journey. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Lcacique says on Mar 20, 2008, 09:21: Mr. Hollywood, Hoy se nota en la floresta un ambiente de alegrÃa. ¡Y el rumor de rancherÃa es mas dulce y sabe a fiesta! 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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MitchAlvarez says on Mar 20, 2008, 10:26: Rikito ive been to Armenia many times. "Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France" 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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goin_south says on Mar 20, 2008, 23:24: Yo Acuerdo! Mitch. ..... leavin louisiana in the broad day light 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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