Puerto Rican Jennifer Lopez He was also present at the inauguration Joe Biden, after the oath of Kamala Harris as the new vice president of the United States.
The singer arrived with an empty outfit at Chapter to interpret “This country is Your Country”, subjects in which he also took the opportunity to speak a little Spanish.
“An indivisible nation, with freedom and justice for all,” said Lopez, who becomes the first person to speak another language during the inauguration ceremony.
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“This land is your land” is a song created by popular singer Woody Guthrie, who criticizes capitalism and private poverty, while highlighting homelessness and food insecurity in the United States.
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Jennifer Lopez, a Puerto Rican-born New Yorker, was one of the artists invited to Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony, who shortly before noon on Wednesday took the oath as the forty-sixth president of the United States on the steps of the façade. west of the Chapter.
Lopez, who first included the Spaniards in the ceremony, was accompanied by her husband, former Dominican baseball player Alex Rodriguez.
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Lady Gaga, who sang the national anthem, and Garth Brooks, who sang “Amazing Grace,” were other artists invited to the ceremony, which took place in front of a small audience and without the traditional crowds of other years due to the pandemic and increased security after the assault on the Capitol on day 6.
* With information from EFE
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