An unprecedented number of Latin acts performed at this year’s Coachella, commanding the festival’s main stage as the popularity of Spanish-language music soars. In total this year’s line-up saw 20 artists from Latin America and its diaspora performing at the premier music festival in the California desert − up from 17 in 2019, when Bad Bunny and J Balvin ruled. On Sunday, thousands assembled to wait for Colombia’s Karol G, long before she was scheduled to take Coachella’s main stage at the California desert, which was hosting the famed festival for the first time in three years after a long pandemic-induced hiatus. The reggaeton star shook the stage with a killer set that gave female empowerment a top billing and also paid homage to the Latin American acts who paved the way. “She is pure fun, I love her!” shouted Carolina Sanchez, a 23-year-old Mexican woman who staked out a front-row spot as she waited for the artist, who appeared with her signature mermaid-blue locks. Fans of Colombian singer Karol G wearing blue wigs wait for her to perform onstage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The singer delivered intricate choreography rife with kisses, twerking and...