Shakira before she was a world star

Bummer news from Latin America: Venezuela and Ecuador are mobilizing their armies for a possible war with Colombia. Correa se une a Chávez y envía sus tropas a la frontera con Colombia El Mundo 03.03.08 Let's hope that doesn't happen.

But this post is about a happier subject, Colombia's greatest export, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, better known as just Shakira.

This YouTube video is a segment from 20/20 that talks about her background and her early years in show business. The interviewer isn't exactly asking tough questions. But when do they ever on an entertainment segment? But that's fine because Shakira can be more substantive than many of our political pundits can manage, even without probing questions. There's even a "comeback" story involved!




This one was featured on AOL Latino today as one of a series of videos of famous singers before they got famous. She must be all of about 14 years old in this clip. But you can hear the power of her voice even then, although some of the high notes don't entirely hold together. The song is called "Sera el angel::



This is a clip of a very grown-up Shakira in torch singer mode doing a song called, "
Amor (Celos De Ti)".



And the following two videos features songs by Shakira from the Love in the Time of Colera sound track. The first one, "Hay Amores", is from a performance in Las Vegas. The second, "La Despedida", really just has the song with a picture of the album cover. But that's okay. I only like her for her music anyway.





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