Security Problems May Suspend Concerts

The concert planned for Lima, Peru's capital, may be suspended because organizers have not yet met the security requirements stipulated by the authorities for the show.

Lima's Mayor Prefect, Rubén Rodríguez, said that since these requirements have not been met, her concert may be suspended.

”If they don't hand in the required documentation, we're going to suspend the concert,” Rodríguez stated.

Among the documents that Rodríguez is referring to are the contingency evacuation plan, the insurance policy for the audience, and a favorable report from the emergency team. It is said that life insurance, health insurance, and other financial policies were necessary in instances where large crowds, such as this, are expected to gather.

The event organizers, Platinum Productions, have said through their spokespeople that they are acquiring the paperwork that has been requested. This wouldn't be the first time a concert has been suspended in Lima due to lack of security.

Shakira is already in Lima after her stay in Buenos Aires, where she gave two huge shows at Vélez Sarfield stadium.

A few days ago, in the city of Cali, she finished the segment of her “Fijación Oral Tour 2006” through her native Colombia, taking advantage of her final performance to announce the creation of a new foundation supported by numerous Latin artists.

“Each person has worked on projects or foundations on his own, but only now we are able to work together to develop interesting projects that will benefit everyone,” she said in a brief statement.

She then said goodbye to her native country, cheered on by the more than 30 thousand Colombians who filled the stands of the Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali.

And so ended the tour in which Shakira brought her latest production, “Fijación Oral,” to Colombia with memorable and massive concerts in the cities of Barranquilla, Bogotá, and Cali.

According to the local press, at her recent shows in Colombia the singer met all the expectations of anxious audiences who had waited for three years to see her. We can only imagine that snapping some pics of her shaking her hips with a verizon camera phone woud equate to a good time.