Rubén Blades [2049] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.7211 Birthplace: Panama City, Panama Birthday: 1948-07-16 Age: 76 years Movies: 64 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948) is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres. As songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American nueva canción and Cuban nueva trova as well as experimental tempos and political inspired Nuyorican salsa to his music, creating thinking persons' (salsa) dance music. Blades has composed dozens of musical hits, the most famous of which is "Pedro Navaja," a song about a neighborhood thug who appears to die during a robbery (his song "Sorpresas" continues the story), inspired by "Mack the Knife." He also composed and sings what many Panamanians consider their second national anthem. The song is titled "Patria" (Fatherland). He is an icon in Panama and is much admired throughout Latin America, and managed to attract 18% of the vote in his failed attempt to win the Panamanian presidency in 1994. In September 2004, he was appointed minister of tourism by Panamanian president MartÃn Torrijos for a five-year term. He holds a law degree from the University of Panama and a master's in international law from Harvard University. He is married to singer Luba Mason. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rubén Blades, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Salsa Lives2025-06-26 Stevie Van Zandt2024-06-08 Stay Homas. The 2024-03-06 Nueva York: A Mu2021-12-10 Red Pill2021-03-12 Raúl Juliá: Th2019-09-13 John Leguizamo's2018-11-02 Ruben Blades Is 2018-03-18 Hands of Stone2016-08-26 Yo soy la salsa2014-10-30 Invasion2014-04-06 The Counselor2013-10-25 Outlaws - For Gr2012-06-01 Safe House2012-02-08 ¡Sonó, Sonóâ€2011-12-04 The Next Season2011-09-21 Rubén Blades: T2011-03-15 Rubén Blades: T2011-03-15 Spoken Word2009-07-17 La clave2008-08-09 Lo mejor de nues2007-12-02 The Hunters and 2005-01-25 En mi paÃs2004-12-05 Secuestro Expres2004-06-01 Spin2003-10-23 Imagining Argent2003-09-13 Once Upon a Time2003-09-11 The Maldonado Mi2003-01-20 Encuentro2002-12-08 Assassination Ta2003-03-08 All the Pretty H2000-12-11 Cradle Will Rock1999-12-10 Willie Colón & 1998-06-16 A Roll of the Di1998-04-04 From Son to Sals1997-09-12 Chinese Box1997-11-14 The Devil's Own1997-03-13 Al compás de un1996-12-08 Scorpion Spring1996-10-10 Somos un solo pu1995-12-03 Color of Night1994-08-19 A Million to Jua1994-05-15 Miracle on Inter1993-02-22 The Super1991-10-04 Rabbit Ears - Jo1991-09-14 Crazy From the H1991-08-19 One Man’s War1991-04-20 The Josephine Ba1991-03-16 Predator 21990-11-21 The Two Jakes1990-08-10 Mo' Better Blues1990-08-03 The Heart of the1990-01-01 The Lemon Sister1989-12-01 Disorganized Cri1989-04-14 Dead Man Out1989-03-12 Homeboy1988-08-24 The Milagro Bean1988-03-18 Fatal Beauty1987-10-30 Critical Conditi1987-01-16 The Return of Ru1985-10-16 Crossover Dreams1985-08-23 The Making of Su1985-01-23 The Last Fight1983-09-07 Beats of the Hea1979-01-01