US President Barack Obama has welcomed plans for a massive but controversial concert in Havana on Sunday by Miami-based music star Juanes. Obama told US Spanish language network Univision that the concert, which is expected to draw around half a million Cubans, could help improve ties with Cuba. Obama's Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had met the Colombian singer before he left for Cuba, with both drawing criticism from Miami's Cuban exile community for a performance they say will... Read Full Story
More than half a million Cubans gathered in Havana on Sunday for a concert featuring Miami-based singer Juanes, a gig welcomed by US President Barack Obama, but criticized by Cuban exiles. Hundreds of thousands of parasol-waving fans braced blistering heat in the capital's storied Revolution Square, with merriment belying the political undertones that the concert has produced. Miami's Cuban exile community has criticized the performance, saying it will legitimize the island's communist... Read Full Story
The nominations for the 9th annual Latin Grammys are out and, wow, are they ever predictable. All the usual names are firmly in place -- Juanes, Julieta Venegas, Cafe Tacvba, Liberace -- as well as people we knew were "Latin" but not necessarily Latino - like Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli. Then there's bands we heart, like Belanova and Babasonicos and PeopleWhitePeopleLike, like Manu Chao. And, um. That "Te Quiero" song by Flex, which is up for like 97 nominations.
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Colombian rocker Juanes was the big winner during the ninth annual Latin Grammy Awards Thursday at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. He swept all five categories in which he was nominated. "I can't believe this,'' he said after winning Album of the Year for La Vida ... Es Un Ratico , his fourth solo album. "This is impressive.'' "Colombia - this is for you.'' Juanes also took home trophies for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Album and Short Form Music Video. That... Read Full Story
Cuban singer and Yerba Buena co-founder CuCu Diamantes was scheduled to perform at Union City High School in (unsurprisingly) Union City, New Jersey - a city that happens to be home to a relatively substantial Cuban population.
However, following her decision to perform in Juanes’ Paz Sin Fronteras concert in La Habana , the New Jersey Board of Educators received pressure from the school community to revoke CuCu’s invitation to visit the school.
Explained the board:
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by Isabel Sanchez HAVANA (AFP) -- One million Cubans gathered in Havana Sunday for a historic music concert that aimed to unite Cubans here and expatriates from the island's diaspora, said to be the biggest such gathering since the revolution half a century ago. "We are living in an absurd ideological war," said the event's organizer, Miami-based singer Juanes, during an intermission of the "Peace without Borders" concert. "We have to exchange hate for love," he said. Revelers at the massive... Read Full Story
by Isabel Sanchez HAVANA (AFP) -- More than half a million Cubans gathered in Havana on Sunday for a concert featuring Miami-based singer Juanes, a gig welcomed by US President Barack Obama, but criticized by Cuban exiles. Hundreds of thousands of parasol-waving fans braced blistering heat in the capital's storied Revolution Square, with merriment belying the political undertones that the concert has produced. Miami's Cuban exile community has criticized the performance, saying it will... Read Full Story
Columbian rock hottie Juanes won Album of the Year , Best Male Pop Vocal Album ("La Vida Es Un Ratico") and Song of the Year and Best Music Video (" Me Enamora "). Angelic-voiced Puerto Rican writer/songstress Kany García was named Best New Artist and her album " Cualquier Dia " earned Best Female Pop Vocal Album . A full list of winners here [ 2008 Latin GRAMMY Winners ].
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Today’s hottie was nominated by @ ColumbianCoffee . This Colombiano is as beautiful inside as he is outside. He was Time Magazine 100 most influential people in the world for work accomplished with his Foundation Fundacion Mi Sangre . Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez better known to his fans as Juanes. His song, La Camisa Negra , is one of my favorite songs. He’s performed with John Legend and has won countless Latin Grammy’s. He was taught the guitar by his father at the tender age of... Read Full Story
Nine new artists have been confirmed for Colombian rock star Juanes' Paz Sin Fronteras concert in Havana Sept. 20.The new line-up, announced Thursday, brings the total number of acts performing in...
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