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 Martín 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.

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2011-12-04
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2011-09-21
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2011-03-15
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2011-03-15
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2009-07-17
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2008-08-09
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2007-12-02
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2004-12-05
Secuestro Expres
2004-06-01
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2003-10-23
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2003-09-13
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2003-09-11
The Maldonado Mi
2003-01-20
Encuentro
2002-12-08
Assassination Ta
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All the Pretty H
2000-12-11
Cradle Will Rock
1999-12-10
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1998-06-16
A Roll of the Di
1998-04-04
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1997-09-12
Chinese Box
1997-11-14
The Devil's Own
1997-03-13
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1996-12-08
Scorpion Spring
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Somos un solo pu
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Color of Night
1994-08-19
A Million to Jua
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Miracle on Inter
1993-02-22
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1991-10-04
Rabbit Ears - Jo
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The Josephine Ba
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1988-08-24
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