Shakira To Meet With President Obama And Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos At The Summit Of The Americas

President Barack Obama is heading to Cartagena, Colombia to meet with 33 presidents and heads of state in the Summit of the Americas. And one important attendee is Colombian pop-star and philanthropist Shakira, who will take part of the summit to continue her activism work on behalf of disadvantaged children.

On Friday afternoon she will join the Conference with Americas Business Trust to help promote early childhood development policies in the private sector. In this conference she will join Guatemalan president Otto Pérez Molina, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Costa Rica's current and first female president Laura Chinchilla, Chilean business man Sebastián Piñera and Prime minister of Jamaica Portia Simpson-Miller and Trinidad and Tobago premier Kamla Persad Bissessar.

On Saturday afternoon, she is scheduled to sing Colombia's national anthem at the opening ceremony in Cartagena.

And finally, on Sunday, Shakira will be meeting with President Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to discuss with both presidents a plan to continue advancing children's education through her foundation Fundación Pies Descalzos (Barefoot Foundation), which works with impoverished children. The foundation currently has five schools in different regions of Colombia and provides education and psychological support for more than 4,000 children.

Last year, Shakira was appointed to the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.

The singer has been a longtime Obama supporter. Shakira endorsed him during the 2008 election and even performed at his inauguration.

Check Out Some Of Shakira's Achievements:

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• At The Summit Of The Americas 2012

  Colombian singer Shakira performs the Colombian National Anthem during the opening remarks of the Summit of the Americas at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Center in Cartagena, Colombia, April 14, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

• Shakira at the NRJ Music Awards in Cannes

• Supporting Hand Over Of Land Titles To Marginalized Communities

  Colombian singer Shakira holds a child during an event to hand over land titles to representatives of the Afro-Colombian community at the Plaza de San Pedro in Cartagena, Colombia on April 15, 2012. The land restititution is an attempt by Colombia to recognized marginalized communities who were forced from their land by armed groups. US President Barack Obama attended the event. AFP PHOTO/Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

• Receiving Her Medal

  Colombian singer Shakira poses with France's minister for Culture and Communication Frederic Mitterrand after being awarded with the medal of knight of the Order of Arts and Letters on January 28, 2012 in the French southern city of Cannes.

• Shakira and Piqué

  Shakira arrives with Pique to the FIFA Ballon d'Or award at the Kongresshaus in Zurich.

• At the 2011 Grammy Awards

  Colombian musician Shakira claims her award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album during the 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada in November 2011.

• Shakira and Sofia

  Colombian actress Sofia Vergara presents Colombian singer Shakira with the Person of the Year Award onstage during the 12th annual Latin GRAMMY Awards.

• 2011 Person Of The Year Award

  Honoree Shakira performs during at the 2011 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year award ceremony.

• Shakira Honored On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame

  Shakira is honored on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame in November 2011 in Hollywood, California.

• Shakira at White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics

  Shakira took part in the President's Advisory Commission of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics in Washington in October 2011.

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Comments

[Raquel Casillas]

11:47 PM on 04/16/2012

Shakira is more than capable discussing significant and relevant political matters of the western hemisphere... and in multiple languages. I'm glad she is there.

[Ari Sedona]

11:58 AM on 04/16/2012

Really? What a waste...

[jcrum417]

07:32 PM on 04/15/2012

I can't respect anyone that makes someone else hold an umbrella for them while they get wet in the rain.

[LobaLuis]

12:45 AM on 04/16/2012

Makes? That's her brother holding the umbrella. He probably offered to hold it. She's in Colombia to support childhood education, a cause she has advocated for since she was 18. She's now in her mid 30s and has built several schools where she provides thousands of children with a free education and meals. And yet you want to base your impression on her solely on her brother holding an umbrella for her........ Great.

[mallard1970]

02:32 PM on 04/15/2012

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Christian Boas]

11:16 AM on 04/15/2012

Shakira is very genuine about her wanting to help which I truly adore about her when she is present at such events.

[Christian Boas]

11:14 AM on 04/15/2012

Proud of Shakira that she blends in so well with the political elite. Cutest helper in the world and she sounds like a sweet napolean when he holds a speech x

[Borton Piswanjani]

10:41 AM on 04/15/2012

Shakira and prostitutes...that's sum summit...

[justintime30]

10:17 AM on 04/15/2012

Shakira? Really? Who cares? Like Obama wants to waste time with her. Seriously Shakira, GET A LIFE.

[Cacey]

09:15 AM on 04/15/2012

As a US Citizen with one foot in Latin America thanks to a second home I'm spending more time at, I'm incedibly proud of President Obama and his willingness, no desire, to interface with and better understand this region. He truly seems to realize that we in this Hemisphere are all Americans.

[special38x2]

12:58 PM on 04/15/2012

Um, last I checked we have separate political/ecomonic systems, different leaders... Yes the map says South America and North America, but this doesn't imply we come from the same countries...or that we should all be given American rights.

[Cacey]

02:56 PM on 04/15/2012

Did I say something you disagree with? I don't think so. Though I do think that several of the other countries have laws we should put into place such as same sex marriage (Argentina), very strong rules against preaching politics from the pulpet (Costa Rica), a ban on negative political ads (Mexico), a ban on broadcast hate speach (Canada), national health care, single payer (most Latin American countries) and an incredible lack of bigotry across racial lines. Do you disagree?

[jonny dipstick]

08:36 AM on 04/15/2012

What!? She will meet with him, but didn't even reply to my invitation. Unless you count the cease and desist letter I guess.

[theexitistotheleft]

08:22 AM on 04/15/2012

She has a big heart - I know that the fascist conservatives have problems with people that actually give a d*mn about those that don't have accounts in Cayman so I totally ignore the comments that are "supposed" to be funny on this thread by the rightist cons... but... Shakira is a good talent and humanitarian and should be applauded for her work.

[special38x2]

01:00 PM on 04/15/2012

Well she's not the subject matter expert that I'd expect leadership to rely on for facts and suggestions.

[mooncop1]

08:02 AM on 04/15/2012

Maybe she will bring up the danger that exposed thousands of Hispanic children to death when his administration authorized Fast and Furious.

[Duke T Draz]

06:13 AM on 04/15/2012

She sings. She sings. Sings. Why would presidents need her to help them control people? THey are using her like a prostitute. She is now a tool. Manipulated to manipulate people. I am no longer a shakira listener. She is excrement to me as of 2 minutes ago.

[jonny dipstick]

08:36 AM on 04/15/2012

Ummmm....can you not read. She has some education kids thing she deals with.

[jcrum417]

07:25 PM on 04/15/2012

Entertainers are often used to push propaganda.

[Badger33]

01:29 AM on 04/15/2012

She's a humanitarian. We need more like her.

[lovelyliberalchick]

01:06 AM on 04/15/2012

Pretty woman lovely songs.