Paz Sin Fronteras

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Paz sin fronteras (Peace Without Borders)


Location(s)	Simón Boívar Bridge (Colombia-Venezuela border)
Years active	2008
Founded by	Fernán Martínez, Juanes
Date(s)	March 16, 2008
Genre(s)	Pop, rock music
Website

Paz sin fronteras (English: Peace Without Borders) was a benefit concert that happened on March 16, 2008, on the Simón Bolívar Bridge, which borders Colombia and Venezuela, to celebrate the end of the Andean diplomatic crisis a week earlier on the Rio Group summit ^[1]. Approximately seventy thousand people attended the concert.

1 Performances
2 Broadcasting
3 Cancelled attendances
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Performances

Miguel Bosé
Juan Luis Guerra
Juanes – "Me Enamora", "A Dios le Pido", "La Camisa Negra"
Ricardo Montaner
Alejandro Sanz – "Corazón Partio"
Juan Fernando Velasco
Carlos Vives

[edit] Broadcasting

The concert was broadcast live on several television networks throughout the Americas. It was broadcast on Caracol and RCN in Colombia and on Venevisión, RCTV Internacional and Globovisión in Venezuela. It was also broadcast on A&E in Latin America and on Univisión in the United States ^[2].

[edit] Cancelled attendances

Colombian president Álvaro Uribe cancelled his attendance at the concert by request of Fernán Martínez, Juanes' manager, who communicated to his office that the concert was intended to have a neutral agenda instead of a political one ^[3].

The Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira was invited to perform at the concert, but could not attend because of a busy schedule. However, she stated a press release saying that she would wear white on March 16 as a form to demonstrate her sympathy for the concert ^[4].