Some of the biggest stars in Hispanic music plan to give a free concert Sunday atop a bridge linking Colombia and Venezuela in a show of unity between the South American neighbours still recovering from a diplomatic crisis.
Juanes, a Grammy-winning Colombian rocker, said the "Peace Without Borders" is an effort to ease tensions caused by Colombian raid into Ecuador to kill a top rebel leader March 1. In response to the attack, Ecuador and its ally Venezuela briefly sent troops to their Colombian borders.
"We want to consolidate the union between our peoples," he told reporters Tuesday by telephone from the Dominican Republic. "We are brothers and sisters, we are equals. We just have to raise one flag together, the flag of peace."
Juanes said others scheduled to perform are Miguel Bose, Carlos Vives and Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz, who has seen two recent concerts cancelled in Venezuela because he criticized President Hugo Chavez.
Juan Luis Guerra's publicist confirmed his appearance at the event in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Tuesday.
The artists will perform on the Simon Bolivar Bridge linking Cucuta, Colombia, and San Antonio, Venezuela, while fans from both countries line the banks of the narrow Tachira River that marks the border, local officials said.
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