Paz Sin Fronteras II

Paz sin fronteras II (Peace Without Borders)
Genre	Pop, Latin music
Dates	September 20, 2009
Location(s)	Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba
Years active	2009
Founded by	Fernán Martínez, Juanes

Paz sin fronteras II (English: Peace Without Borders) was the second in a series of benefit concerts headlined by Juanes that occurred September 20, 2009, in Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba. More than 1.15 million people attended the all-star concert made up of many of the top Latin pop, rock and salsa stars from Latin America, Europe, Puerto Rico and Cuba. The concert was transmitted live on the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network (HITN) and was also acknowledged by U.S. representative Jim McGovern in the House of Representatives during morning-hour debate on September 22, 2009 which was broadcast on C-SPAN.

The message of the concert, according to U.S. representative Jim McGovern, is to circumvent politicians, and using the medium of music, speak directly to young people and encourage them to think in fresh ways — to change their way of thinking — and leave behind the old politics, the old hatreds, prejudices and national enmities that have locked too many people into patterns of conflict, violence, poverty and despair, dividing them from one another. It is an attempt to break down barriers and ask people to join in common purpose.

"We are here for the music and it is a message of peace and unity, not only for Cuba, but for the entire region."

Many of the 1.5 million patrons wore white to symbolize peace. The BBC's Michael Voss, who was at the five-and-a-half hour concert, said there was a mood of excitement as many residents of the isolated, music-loving island had never seen anything like it before.

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