Piedad Cordoba offers to rescue Shakira’s ‘Ublime’

won’t soon be escaping her “” mistake.

One of Colombia’s preeminent hostage negotiators, Piedad Cordoba, has offered a helping hand after the Colombian superstar accidentally sang of “Ublime’s liberty” instead of “Liberty sublime” during a performance of her nation’s national anthem at the Summit of the Americas.

“The first thing we have to do to is get Ublime out,” Cordoba joked at a press conference, local media reported. “The only thing is we don’t know who he is or who has him.”

The singer’s flub has become an online sensation, despite efforts to cut short the banter short — including an edited video of the performance the correct lyrics.

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