Rubén Blades
Birthday: 1948-07-16 | Place of Birth: Panama City, PanamaFrom 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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Acting
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as Ruben Blades
as Self - Singer
as Rocky
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Carlos Eleta
as Daniel Salazar
as Self
as Carlos Villar
as Président Calles
as Cruz-Sr.
as Carla's Father
as Self (archive footage)
as Rubén Blades
as Cruz
as Ernesto
as Jorge, Retired FBI Agent
as Miguel
as Silvio Ayala
as Dr. Max Cabranes
as Rocha
as Diego Rivera
