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Barcelona captain Lionel Messi's side, Argentina, suffered a shock defeat to Colombia in their first game at the Copa America. Nonetheless, the Argentina main believes the Albiceleste can still control their destiny in the Copa. He says there is no time for Argentina to complain after their first defeat to Colombia since 2007. Roger Martinez opened scoring for Colombia with an unstoppable drive in the 72nd minute before substitute Duvan Zapata finished off a good team move four minutes into stoppage time, despite Argentina dominating the game. “There are positives to come out of this, we are ready to accept the challenge that we have,” Messi said after the game. “There is no time to complain, we have to look ahead, we have to raise our heads and continue, there’s still a lot of the tournament left. “They kept the ball well but didn’t create clear opportunities, but when we took a step forwards in the second half they scored a goal. “When we were playing at our...

'Nada' is the fifth and most likely final single from Shakira's eleventh studio album, El Dorado. She debuted the video on the large screens at the final concert of her El Dorado World Tour, and made the video available worldwide with its YouTube release. She had earlier announced on Instagram, that the video clip would be exclusively released during the ultimate concert of El Dorado Tour in Bogota, Colombia. With the wrap of her sixth tour in Colombia, the Colombian pop star shared a post on her social media accounts thanking her fans. It read, "We've reached the end of this road. Your friendship and affection are my treasure. After searching and searching thanks to you I’ve found El Dorado. Shak”  View this post on Instagram Hemos llegado al final de esta ruta. Su amistad y cariño son mi tesoro. Después de buscar y buscar, por ustedes encontré El Dorado We’ve reached the end of this road. Your friendshi...

Like her hips, Shakira's humanitarian work does not lie, and her bare feet never stray far from her hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia. Prior to wrapping her El Dorado tour in Bogota, Colombia, on Saturday night, the Colombian hitmaker and philanthropist laid the first stone for the construction of two new Pies Descalzos schools - one in Barranquilla and the other in nearby Cartagena.  Each of the schools cost more than $4 million, and are being built by Shakira's Fundacion Pies Descalzos in partnership with Costa Cruceros, the National ministry of Education (Colombia), the mayor's office of Barranquilla, the mayor's office of Cartagena, Fundacion FC Barcelona, LCI Education Foundation and the Swiss Embassy in Colombia. The two new schools will be built in the neighborhoods of Nuevo Bosque in Barranquilla and Aranjuez in Cartagena. The happy Colombian music legend proudly left her hand and footprints on a cement cornerstone to mark the event. She ...