Shakira will ask the famous artist Fernando Botero to make him a sculpture

Alejandro Char, mayor of Barranquilla – Shakira's homeland – announced that the singer will ask the famous Colombian sculptor and painter Fernando Botero to make a sculpture of her, which will be erected on the Malecón del Río Magdalena.

"Shakira called us yesterday to tell us that she was going to ask Master Botero to immortalize her, and she asked us if, as a District, we could engage in the same thing. installation, the answer is that she would stay at Malecón del Río Magdalena ". Char explained to several local media

The Colombian will perform three of her songs in the event that will begin at 20:00 at the Metropolitan Stadium Roberto Melendez.

"All we have to do now is fill the stage for her.I badure you that they will stop the hair from the emotion, with an act that shows the past, the present and the future. of the city How the city was cooked, "said Char.

According to the organizing committee of the Games of Central America and the Caribbean, some 5,580 athletes from 38 countries compete in 36 sports and 47 disciplines will meet in the Colombian city for the second time that Barranquilla will host the sporting event after its organization in 1946.