Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela crisis: Give peace a concert!

Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday 16 March 2008. Today, Colombian singer Juanes will be staging a concert for peace in Cucuta at the bridge which is on the common border shared by Colombia and Venezuela. This concert called "Peace without Borders "was proposed at the height of the crisis among Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela  few weeks ago. Other international artists will be joining Juanes on stage such as Spanish singers Miguel Bosé and Alejandro Sanz, Ecuadorian Juan Fernando Velazco, Dominican Juan Luis Guerra, Colombian Carlos Vives and Venezuelan Ricardo Montaner.

According to Telesur, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was initially expected to attend the concert but later cancelled.  The concert managers had asked him to abstain from attending as it was not a political rally.

More news to come.

Sources: Telesur, BBC, Globovision, RCN, Caracol, El Colombiano, El Tiempo, El Nuevo Siglo, El Comercio, El Universal, Unionradio,

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