Latin Pop

Shakira, the Colombian-Lebanese pop hydra, has spent the last quarter-century proving that geopolitics can indeed be negotiated in seven-inch stilettos. While lesser mortals fret over trade wars and summit communiqués, she has quietly built a soft-power empire that spans five continents, four languages, and—judging by the global involuntary muscle memory triggered by “Waka Waka”—roughly 1.2…