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Shakira performs onstage at Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour at Barclays Center on July 20, 2026 in New York City. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images/Shakira Shakira‘s 12-date residency in Madrid, Spain is not simply just a continuation of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran world tour. It’s a much-needed celebration created in response to how Latinos are being treated around the world.
“This began with pain. It began when I saw our people persecuted simply for being Latino, families forced to live in fear,” the Colombian superstar wrote in a new op-ed El País. “Faced with that, anger is legitimate. But I chose to respond with a celebration: the biggest we could possibly imagine. Because the most powerful response to fear is to exist with all the strength, all the joy, and all the dignity in the world,” Shakira added.
Shakira did not specify about where the persecution against Latinos was taking place, but she did make sure to emphasize the importance of immigration and explained how she chose Spain for the celebration of Latin culture. “Because something happens here that the world deserves to see: Latin American immigration isn’t tolerated, it’s celebrated. Spain has embraced it, and that embrace has made it younger, more vibrant, more creative.”
