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51<!--end ganalyticis--> 52 </head> 53 <body> 54 <table valign="top" style="text-align: left; margin-left: auto; 55 margin-right: auto; height: 3323px; width: 900px;"> 56 <tbody> 57 <tr align="center"> 58 <td colspan="5" style="vertical-align: top;"> 59 <table style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; 60 text-align: left; height: 120px; width: 950px;" 61 cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0" 62 background="exploraheader2.gif"> 63 <tbody> 64 <tr> 65 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><font size="-2"> 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 </font><br> 76 </td> 77 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><font size="-2"> 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 </font><br> 88 </td> 89 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><br> 90 </td> 91 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><br> 92 </td> 93 </tr> 94 <tr> 95 <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: 96 middle;"><br> 97 </td> 98 <td style="text-align: right; vertical-align: middle;"> 99 <h1><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font 100 style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); 101 font-family: comic sans ms; 102 font-weight: normal;" size="+3"><font 103 size="+2"><span 104 style="font-family: 105 trebuchet ms;">Rubén Blades 106 Biography</span></font></font><font 107 style="font-weight: bold; color: 108 rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family: 109 comic sans ms;" size="+3"><span 110 style="font-style: italic;"><font 111 size="+2"><br> 112 </font></span></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></h1> 113 </td> 114 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><br> 115 </td> 116 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><br> 117 </td> 118 </tr> 119 <tr> 120 <td style="vertical-align: bottom;"><br> 121 </td> 122 <td colspan="2" style="text-align: right; 123 vertical-align: bottom;"><font style="font-weight: 124 bold;" size="-1"><span style="font-family: 125 trebuchet ms;">by Alison Weinstock</span></font><br> 126 </td> 127 <td style="vertical-align: bottom;"><br> 128 </td> 129 </tr> 130 </tbody> 131 </table> 132 </td> 133 </tr> 134 <tr> 135 <td colspan="5" style="vertical-align: top;"> 136 <div style="text-align: center;"> 137 <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> 138 <div style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-weight: 139 bold;" size="-2">updated 5/29/2024 </font><br> 140 </div> 141 <table style="width: 100%; text-align: left;" 142 cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="1"> 143 <tbody> 144 <tr> 145 <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <font size="+2"><span 146 style="font-weight: bold;"><img 147 alt="maestravida.com" 148 src="mvlogo42plain.jpg" style="width: 42px; 149 height: 188px;" align="left"><font 150 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" size="+2">Rubén 151 Blades:</font></span></font><font 152 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" size="+2"><span 153 style="font-weight: bold;"> <br> 154 Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Lawyer, and 155 Political Figure</span></font><br
156 style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> 157 <font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" size="-1"><span 158 style="font-weight: bold;"><font size="-2"> 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 </font></span></font><br style="color: 169 rgb(204, 0, 0);"> 170 <font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" size="-1"><span 171 style="font-weight: bold;">Rubén Blades was 172 born in a rooming house in a small Latin 173 American country, but he refused to see 174 limitations or barriers; his work has crossed 175 geopolitical borders, cultures, and genres, 176 and has made an impact throughout the world.<br> 177 <br> 178 As a musician he has won 22 Grammys and Latin 179 Grammys, including one in the World Music 180 category and one in the Latin Grammy Cantautor 181 category, and the 2017 and 2021 Latin Grammys 182 for Album of the Year. In 2021 he was also 183 named Latin Grammy Person of the Year. As an 184 actor he has won a Cable ACE Award and 185 received three Emmy, Independent Spirit, and 186 ALMA nominations. ASCAP honored him with its 187 Founders Award, and the Grammy Recording 188 Academy with its Heroes Award. The Hispanic 189 Heritage Foundation honored him with its arts 190 award, and the Hispanic Organization of 191 Latin Actors honored him with its Raúl Juliá 192 HOLA Founders Award.<br> 193 <br> 194 Blades has made landmark albums in classic 195 Afro-Cuban salsa as well as Afro-Cuban music 196 touched with rock, jazz, pan-Latin, and other 197 influences from around the world. He has 198 collaborated with rock, jazz, pop, hip-hop, 199 reggaeton, and salsa artists. He has composed 200 hundreds of songs and dozens of hits known for 201 their eloquent, politically-aware lyrics, 202 colorful characters, and memorable melodies.<br> 203 <br> 204 Beyond his artistic success, Blades has always 205 had an eye for political activism. In 1994 he 206 formed a political party, Movimiento Papa 207 Egoró (Mother Earth in the indigenous Embera 208 language), and ran for president of his native 209 Panama.<br> 210 <br> 211 He holds degrees in political science and law 212 from the University of Panama and an LLM 213 degree from Harvard Graduate Law School. He 214 was named U.N. World Ambassador Against Racism 215 in 2000. In 2006 the president of Chile 216 awarded him the Pablo Neruda Order of Cultural 217 Merit, and in 2010 the president of Ecuador 218 honored him with their Orden Nacional al 219 Mérito Cultural. He has received Honorary 220 Doctorate degrees from Berkeley University in 221 California (Chicano Studies), Lehman College 222 in the Bronx (Humanities) and the Berklee 223 College of Music in Boston (Music).<br> 224 <br> 225 The Loeb Music Library at Harvard University 226 formed The Rubén Blades Archives in 2009 with 227 the purpose of collecting his work and papers.</span></font><font 228 style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" size="-1"><span 229 style="font-weight: bold;"> In 2022 He was 230 awarded the Harvard Arts Medal.<br> 231 <br> 232 He is married to Broadway actress/singer <a 233 target="_blank" 234 href="http://www.lubamason.com">Luba Mason</a> 235 and currently lives in NYC. On 12/31/14 236 he publicly acknowledged <a target="_blank" 237 href="library/RB_Declaracionpublica.pdf">(Spanish</a>, 238 <a target="_blank" 239 href="library/RB_Publicdeclaration_eng.pdf">English)</a> 240 that he has a son born in 1975.<br> 241 <font size="-2"> </font><br> 242 </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">He 243 believes that your actions should match your 244 words, and that public service is a duty.<br> 245 <br> 246 </span></font> 247 <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(204, 0, 248 0);"> 249 <div style="text-align: center;"><font 250 style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: 251 italic;">"Si piensas y haces lo que sientes, 252 eres feliz".</font><br> 253 </div>
254 <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div> 255 <span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> </td> 256 <td style="width: 188px; vertical-align: top; 257 text-align: right;"><br> 258 <br> 259 <img alt="Panama" src="RB_UNICO_29p.png" 260 style="width: 187px; height: 285px;"><br> 261 <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><span 262 style="font-style: italic;"><font size="-2"><span 263 style="font-weight: bold;">foto 264 by Rafael Guillén</span><br> 265 </font></span></font><font 266 style="font-weight: bold;" size="-1">Panama 267 2011 </font><font size="-1"><span 268 style="font-style: italic;"></span></font><br> 269 <font style="font-weight: bold;" size="-1"> <br> 270 <br> 271 <br> 272 <br> 273 </font><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span 274 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bio Summary:<br> 275 </span> <a target="_blank" 276 href="biosummaryen.html">English</a> <a 277 target="_blank" href="biosummaryes.html">Español</a></span><br> 278 </div> 279 </td> 280 </tr> 281 </tbody> 282 </table> 283 </div> 284 <div id="content_1"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: 285 rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span> 286 <p class="10"> </p> 287 <table align="left"> 288 <tbody> 289 <tr> 290 <td> <img alt="RB baby" src="RBbabypicp.jpg" 291 style="width: 208px; height: 156px;"><br> 292 </td> 293 </tr> 294 <tr align="center"> 295 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><font 296 style="font-weight: bold;" size="-1"> Emma, 297 Rubén, Anoland 1949 </font> </td> 298 </tr> 299 </tbody> 300 </table> 301 <div style="text-align: right;"> 302 <table style="width: 262px; height: 42px;" class="ad" 303 hspace="2" align="right"> 304 <tbody> 305 <tr> 306 <td> 307 <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> 308 <p style="text-align: right;" class="10" 309 align="center"> <img alt="RB padre" 310 src="conjuntopanamenorbpadre.jpg" 311 style="width: 240px; height: 220px;"> 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 <br> 322 </p> 323 </td> 324 </tr> 325 <tr align="center"> 326 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><font 327 style="font-weight: bold;" size="-1">Rubén 328 Blades padre (<a target="_blank" 329 href="http://www.maestravida.com/conjuntopanamenob.jpg">complete 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 photo</a>)</font> </td> 340 </tr> 341 </tbody> 342 </table> 343 <font size="-1">Rubén Blades (pronounced 'Bleids' in 344 Panama and by the family) was born on 16 July 1948, of 345 grandparents born in Colombia, St. Lucia, Spain, and 346 New Orleans, USA in the cultural crossroads nation of 347 Panama. From birth, Blades was exposed to music 348 through both of his parents. His mother Anoland 349 Bellido de Luna was born in Cuba and sang and played 350 the piano. His father Rubén Blades Sr. was born in 351 Colombia and played percussion. Radio, playing every 352 kind of music, was a constant presence in their home.<br> 353 <br> 354 His grandmother Emma Blades Bosques was also a 355 powerful influence. She was a spiritualist, a 356 Rosicrucian, a vegetarian, a painter, a poet, and a 357 feminist. She taught him to read and exposed him to 358 many ideas.<br> 359 <br> 360 </font> 361 <div align="center"><font color="#990000"><i>"My abuela 362 Emma who was with me at all times, instilled me 363 with a sense of justice, that we can all serve as 364 part of the solution. That is the perspective from 365 which I developed and the foundation to help me 366 move forward."</i></font><br> 367 </div> 368 <font size="-1"><br> 369 His English-speaking grandfather Reuben Blades was 370 born in St. Lucia, and came to work in Panama as an 371 accountant during the building of the Panama Canal. On 372 the Cuban side, Rubén descends from writers and 373 revolutionaries who fought for independence from 374 Spain.</font><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div> 375 <table style="text-align: left; width: 890px; height: 376 2468px;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0"> 377 <tbody> 378 <tr> 379 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><img alt="familia" 380 src="RBfamiliap.jpg" style="width: 208px; 381 height: 221px;" align="left"><font size="-1"><br> 382 </font><font size="-1">In Panama, Blades grew up 383 on U.S. culture and rock & roll. At age 9, 384 he saw Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers in the 385 film <span style="font-style: italic;">Rock, 386 Rock, Roc</span>k and tried to write a letter 387 asking to join the group. His mother didnt mail 388 the letter, but she did buy him a plastic 389 guitar.<br> 390 <br> 391 </font><font size="-1">Then in <a 392 style="font-weight: bold;"
393 href="http://www.maestravida.com/january9/january9.html">1964</a>, 394 civilians were killed and wounded by U.S. 395 soldiers and Canal Zone police during riots that 396 erupted when students tried to fly the flag of 397 Panama next to that of the U.S. at Balboa High 398 School. This event was traumatic for the nation 399 and deeply affected the fifteen-year-old Blades.</font> 400 <p style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; 401 font-style: italic;"><span style="color: 402 rgb(153, 0, 0);">"They turned friends into 403 enemies. Even today [1984], that's the pity of 404 U.S. policy in Latin America."</span><br> 405 </p> 406 <p><font size="-1">As a student at the University 407 of Panama he composed, sang, and </font><font 408 size="-1"> <a target="_blank" 409 href="http://www.maestravida.com/taboga45s.html">recorded 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 with various groups</a>. </font><font 420 size="-1"> including Los Salvajes del Ritmo 421 and Bush y sus Magnificos. When the university 422 closed due to riots in 1968, he traveled to 423 New York City and contacted Pancho Cristal, </font><font 424 size="-1"><a 425 href="http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/cheo_feliciano.html">Cheo 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 Feliciano</a></font><font size="-1">'s 436 producer. Cristal had heard Blades sing in 437 Panama and put him together with Boogaloo 438 Pete Rodríguez to make an album. <span 439 style="font-weight: bold; font-style: 440 italic;">From Panama to New York</span> was 441 released in 1970 but didn't attract much 442 attention. Blades says that due to the Che 443 Guevera-inspired song "Juan González", it was 444 banned in 17 countries. </font></p> 445 </td> 446 </tr> 447 <tr> 448 <td style="vertical-align: top;"> 449 <p><img alt="club windsor" src="clubwindsorp.jpg" 450 style="border: 1px solid ; width: 369px; 451 height: 292px;" align="right"> </p> 452 <table align="left"> 453 <tbody> 454 <tr> 455 <td><img alt="padre 1985" 456 src="youtubeRB1985.jpg" style="width: 457 238px; height: 161px;"><br> 458 </td> 459 </tr> 460 <tr align="center"> 461 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><font 462 style="font-weight: bold;" size="-1"> Rubén 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 padre, 1985 - <a target="_blank" 473 href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu5j62TffqA">youtube 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 video</a> </font> </td> 484 </tr> 485 </tbody> 486 </table> 487 <font size="-1"><br> 488 <br> 489 Blades returned to his country to finish his law 490 degree. Immediately after graduating he joined 491 his family in Miami in 1974, who had been 492 pressured to leave Panama for political reasons. 493 He then traveled again to New York and took the 494 only job available at Fania Records: in the 495 mailroom.</font><font size="-1"><br> 496 <br> 497 </font> 498 <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1">[See 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 the <a target="_blank"
509 href="http://www.maestravida.com/paulacinterview.html">Paula 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 C interview</a>]<br> 520 <br> 521 </font></div> 522 <div style="text-align: center;"><span 523 style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 524 0);">"They wouldn't record me. I had to push a 525 cart full of mail from 57th and Broadway to 526 52nd Street every day."</span><br> 527 </div> 528 <font size="-1"> <br> 529 He seized the opportunities this contact gave 530 him with the New York Latin music scene. 531 Performers such as <a 532 href="http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/ricardo_ray.html">Richie 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 Ray</a> and <a 543 href="http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/bobby_cruz.html">Bobby 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 Cruz</a>, Nestor Sanchez, Bobby Rodríguez, <a 554 target="_blank" 555 href="http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/index.php/artists/tito_puente">Tito 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 Puente</a>, <a target="_blank" 566 href="http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/index.php/artists/roberto_roena">Roberto 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 Roena</a>, Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez, and <a 577href="http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/ismael_miranda.html">Ismael 578 Miranda</a> recorded his compositions.</font><!-- random partner ad --> 579 </td> 580 </tr> 581 <tr> 582 <td style="vertical-align: top;"> 583 <p><font size="-1"><br> 584 His chance to sing came when <a 585 href="http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/ray_barretto.html">Ray 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 Barretto</a> formed a new orchestra, and 596 auditioned him in the mailroom. He was hired 597 to share lead vocals with Tito Gomez, debuting 598 at Madison Sq. Garden on July 26, 1974, and 599 recording the Grammy-nominated album <span 600 style="font-weight: bold; font-style: 601 italic;">Barretto</span> (1975) and <span 602 style="font-weight: bold; font-style: 603 italic;">Tomorrow: Barretto Live</span> 604 (1976). He performed with <a target="_blank" 605href="http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/index.php/artists/larry_harlow">Larry 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 Harlow</a>'s Orquesta Harlow and sang on the 616 Grammy-nominated <span style="font-style: 617 italic; font-weight: bold;">La Raza Latina </span><span 618 style="font-style: italic;"></span>(1977). 619 He provided many backup and guest vocals for 620 other Fania recordings and the <a 621 href="http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/fania_all_stars.html">Fania 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 All-Stars</a>. A guest appearance on Willie 632 Colón's <span style="font-weight: bold; 633 font-style: italic;">The Good the Bad the 634 Ugly</span> (1975) brought him widespread 635 recognition for his song "El Cazangero" (<a 636 target="_blank" 637 href="http://www.maestravida.com/elcazangero_lyrics.html">lyrics 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 & translation</a>). </font></p> 648 <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> 649 <p><font size="-1">This successful collaboration 650 led to Blades joining forces with <a 651 href="http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/willie_colon.html">Willie 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 Colón</a>, replaceing <a 662 href="http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/hector_lavoe.html">Héctor 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 Lavoe</a> as singer, and bringing his own 673 ideas and compositions with him. The 674 Colón/Blades partnership would mark an 675 important shift in <a 676 href="http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/genre_salsa.html">salsa</a> 677 music. </font></p>
678 <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 679 0, 0);">"Ray was more interested in Afro-Cuban 680 music and </span><a style="font-style: italic; 681 color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" 682 href="http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/genre_jazz.html">jazz</a><span 683 style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 684 0);">. Willie was more interested with things 685 that had to do with Latin America, and he 686 allowed me to record my songs. It was a 687 wonderful group of people, which I had the 688 privilege to meet and work with."</span><font 689 size="-1"><br> 690 <br> 691 </font></td> 692 </tr> 693 <tr> 694 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><img alt="Ruben 695 Willie" src="RBWCpublicity78W.jpg" style="width: 696 336px; height: 315px;" align="right"><img 697 alt="Metiendo Mano" 698 src="ruben_blades-metiendomano.jpg" 699 style="border: 0px solid ; width: 150px; height: 700 166px;" align="left"><font size="-1"><br> 701 <br> 702 <br> 703 <br> 704 Their album <span style="font-style: italic; 705 font-weight: bold;">Siembra</span> (1978) was 706 an international smash hit, with songs and 707 arrangements that spoke to both the head and the 708 feet, and uplifting and compelling social 709 messages and colorful stories. The song "Pedro 710 Navaja" broke records and remains a beloved 711 classic.</font><br> 712 <br> 713 <div style="text-align: center;"><span 714 style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: 715 italic;">"All of a sudden you had a record 716 that was confronting issues and that was 717 unheard of at the time."</span><br> 718 </div> 719 <span style="font-style: italic;"><br> 720 <br> 721 </span><font size="-1">This ground-breaking album 722 was followed by another, the two part <a 723 style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" 724 target="_blank" 725 href="http://www.maestravida.com/mvproduction.html">Maestra 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 Vida</a> (1980), a musical drama using 736 characters to explore social issues in a very 737 personal way. Blades blended theatrical, 738 literary, and political concepts with the music 739 of the streets to tell his story of a family in 740 the barrio. The work has been produced onstage 741 in Panama and elsewhere in Latin America.<br> 742 </font></td> 743 </tr> 744 <tr> 745 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><font size="-1"><img 746 alt="Crossover Dreams" 747 src="crossoverdreams2p.jpg" style="width: 748 194px; height: 274px;" height="274" 749 width="194" align="left"><br> 750 <br> 751 In 1982, Blades was given the opportunity to 752 pursue his interest in acting. Fania owner Jerry 753 Massucci offered him a role in a low budget 754 movie entitled The Last Fight, directed by Fred 755 Williamson.<br> 756 <br> 757 </font> 758 <div align="center"><i><font color="#990000">"I 759 played a boxer who also sang, so we could 760 sell a few records."</font></i><br> 761 </div> 762 <font size="-1"><br> 763 Although the film was not successful, it gave 764 Blades his first experience in the film medium. 765 The highly acclaimed independent film Crossover 766 Dreams directed by Leon Ichaso followed in 1985, 767 and his acting career was launched. He played a 768 salsa musician trying to introduce himself into 769 the American market, and he also co-wrote the 770 screenplay. It was critically acclaimed and went 771 into general release as a successful independent 772 film.<br> 773 <br> 774 </font> 775 <div align="center"><font color="#990000"><i>"I 776 can't say enough for the people of East 777 Harlem. They brought us soup and let us film 778 in their homes in exchange for our painting 779 them. Everybody in the community cooperated. 780 It was a Latin effort done by ourselves to 781 help ourselves."</i></font></div> 782 </td> 783 </tr> 784 <tr> 785 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><br> 786 <table align="left"> 787 <tbody> 788 <tr> 789 <td> <img alt="SDRB photo" 790 src="SDRBphoto071684p.jpg" style="width: 791 429px; height: 244px;"><br> 792 </td> 793 </tr> 794 <tr align="center"> 795 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><font 796 style="font-weight: bold;" size="-1">As 797 seen on SDRB: Seis del Solar July 16, 798 1984</font><br> 799 </td> 800 </tr> 801 </tbody> 802 </table> 803 <p><font size="-1">At the same time, Blades had 804 decided to form his own band and develop his 805 own musical ideas. Discontented with Fanias 806 business practices, he signed with Elektra 807 Records. <br> 808 </font></p> 809 <p><font size="-1">He formed the Joe Cuba-inspired 810 sextet Seis del Solar, eliminating the 811 traditional salsa brass section and 812 experimenting with rock and jazz elements. 813 When he recorded <span style="font-style: 814 italic; font-weight: bold;">Buscando America</span> 815 (1984), rock and jazz journalists around the 816 world took notice and began to write about him 817 and his music.</font><br> 818 </p> 819 <p style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; 820 font-style: italic;"><br>
821 <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">"I wanted 822 to make an urban American album that can be 823 appreciated by any American city dweller and 824 may bring people who haven't identified with 825 salsa a bit closer to us."</span><br> 826 </p> 827 <!-- random partner ad --> </td> 828 </tr> 829 <tr> 830 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><font size="-1"><br> 831 After this success, he took a break to attend 832 Harvard University School of Law, with the 833 long-term goal of returning to Panama with the 834 credentials to be taken seriously in politics. 835 He earned a Master's Degree in International Law 836 in 1985.<br> 837 </font><br> 838 <div style="text-align: center;"><span 839 style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 840 0);">"I needed something to humble myself, and 841 believe me, that school, which was no picnic, 842 did it."</span><br> 843 </div> 844 <br> 845 <font size="-1">The documentary <span 846 style="font-style: italic;">The Return of 847 Ruben Blades</span> captures his graduation, 848 and his return to performing. </font> 849 <p><font size="-1"> <span style="font-weight: 850 bold; font-style: italic;">Escenas</span> 851 (1985) brought him his first Grammy. His next 852 experiment was <span style="font-style: 853 italic; font-weight: bold;">Agua de Luna</span> 854 (1987), inspired by short stories of Colombian 855 magical realist author Gabriel García Márquez, 856 exploring literary concepts in songs. Working 857 with rock pioneers Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, 858 and Sting, he recorded <span 859 style="font-weight: bold; font-style: 860 italic;">Nothing But the Truth</span> (1988) 861 where he joined his multi-cultural rhythms and 862 political themes together with English lyrics. 863 <br> 864 </font></p> 865 <p style="text-align: center;"><span 866 style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 867 0);">"I want people to acknowledge the 868 possibilities of a Latin artist fully - 869 meaning we can do English, too."</span></p> 870 <p><font size="-1">The same year, he expressed 871 devotion to his roots as Seis del Solar 872 evolved into Son del Solar, bringing back the 873 brass section for <span style="font-weight: 874 bold; font-style: italic;">Antecedente</span> 875 (1988), which won him his second Grammy. </font> 876 </p> 877 <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 878 0, 0);"></span></td> 879 </tr> 880 <tr> 881 <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <img alt="Milagro 882 Beanfield War" src="RB_milagrop.jpg" 883 style="width: 245px; height: 202px;" 884 align="right"><font size="-2"> </font><br> 885 <font size="-1">1988 also saw his first important 886 Hollywood film role, in <span 887 style="font-style: italic;">The Milagro 888 Beanfield War</span> directed by Robert 889 Redford. <br> 890 <br> 891 <a 892 href="http://www.videodetective.com/movies/dead-man-out/3693"><img 893 alt="Dead Man Out" src="deadmanoutth.jpg" 894 style="border: 2px solid ; width: 107px; 895 height: 81px;" align="left"></a>It was 896 followed by a leading role in <span 897 style="font-style: italic;">Dead Man Out</span> 898 (1989), where his portrayal of a killer on death 899 row earned him the Cable ACE Best Actor 900 Award. [<a target="_blank" 901 href="http://www.videodetective.com/movies/dead-man-out/3693"><span 902 style="font-style: italic;">see trailer</span></a>]<br> 903 <font size="-2"> </font><br> 904 Other acting credits include: Crazy From the 905 Heart, <i>The Josephine Baker Story</i> (1991), 906 and <i>The Maldonado Miracle</i> (2003) all 907 three earning him Emmy nominations; the Broadway 908 musical <i>The Capeman</i> by Paul Simon 909 (1998); and the TV series <i>Gideon's Crossing</i> 910 (2000) and <i>Fear the Walking Dead</i> 911 (2015-2023). <br> 912 <br> 913 </font><font size="-1"> [See <a target="_blank" 914 href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001952/">imdb</a>] 915 916 917 918 919 920 921 922 923 924 925 <br> 926 <br> 927 </font> 928 <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="-1">It 929 was during <span style="font-style: italic;">The 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 939 Capeman</span> that he met his current wife 940 <a href="http://www.lubamason.com">Luba Mason</a>.</font></div> 941 </td> 942 </tr> 943 <tr> 944 <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">
945 <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 946 0, 0);">"I started acting by choice, however, 947 when I get involved in something, I try to learn 948 everything there is, and what I learned in 949 Hollywood and television in this country is that 950 you can't sit around and wait for the 951 opportunities to come by."<br> 952 <br> 953 </span> </td> 954 </tr> 955 <tr> 956 <td style="vertical-align: top;"> 957 <p> <img alt="Papa Egoro" src="PapaEgoro01p.jpg" 958 style="width: 297px; height: 194px;" 959 align="left"><font size="-1"><br> 960 </font></p> 961 <p><font size="-1">True to his social activism, 962 Rubén Blades returned to Panama to run for 963 president in 1994, as the founder and head of 964 the Papa Egoró Movement. He ran a grassroots 965 campaign of ethics and equality between 966 cultural and social groups across all economic 967 classes. He came in third of seven candidates.<br> 968 <br> 969 </font> </p> 970 <p style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; 971 font-style: italic;"><span style="color: 972 rgb(153, 0, 0);">"In order to sustain the 973 integrity of the work, I felt I had to go out 974 there on the streets and try to make political 975 change possible through the political process, 976 not just singing. We proved it could work. We 977 came in third out of 24 parties, with 18% of 978 the vote. I'm a better, less selfish person 979 for it."</span><br> 980 </p> 981 </td> 982 </tr> 983 <tr> 984 <td style="vertical-align: top;"> 985 <p><font size="-1"><img alt="MUNDO" 986 src="MUNDORp.jpg" style="width: 432px; 987 height: 173px;" align="right"><br> 988 </font><font size="-1">Returning again to music, 989 his restlessness led him to incorporate even 990 broader influences, leading to a trilogy of 991 Grammy winning recordings: <span 992 style="font-weight: bold; font-style: 993 italic;">La Rosa de los Vientos</span> 994 (1996), with Panamanian musicians and 995 composers; <span style="font-weight: bold; 996 font-style: italic;">Tiempos</span> (1999) 997 with the trio Editus, in which he incorporated 998 elements of contemporary classical music and 999 jazz; and <span style="font-weight: 1000 bold; font-style: italic;">Mundo</span> 1001 (2002), with an expanded Editus Ensemble, 1002 fusing Irish, Arabic and Afro-Cuban 1003 instruments and rhythms. <br> 1004 </font></p> 1005 <p><font size="-1">This eclectic album won a 1006 Grammy for Best World Music and a Latin Grammy 1007 for Best Contemporary Tropical Album. Guest 1008 artists included bagpiper <a target="_blank" 1009 href="http://www.badhaggis.com/main.html">Eric 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 Rigler</a>, Brazilian vocal group Boca 1020 Livre, and Broadway singer and actress <a 1021 target="_blank" 1022 href="http://www.lubamason.com">Luba Mason</a>.</font> 1023 <br> 1024 </p> 1025 <p style="margin-right: 20px; font-style: italic; 1026 text-align: center;"><span style="color: 1027 rgb(153, 0, 0);">"Racism is absurd and my new 1028 record reflects that."</span><br> 1029 </p> 1030 </td> 1031 </tr> 1032 <tr> 1033 <td style="vertical-align: top;"> 1034 <table width="144" align="left"> 1035 <tbody> 1036 <tr> 1037 <td> <img alt="courtesy of Orosmén de la 1038 Guardia" src="ruben_blades_newyear.jpg" 1039 style="width: 144px; height: 193px;" 1040 align="left"> </td> 1041 </tr> 1042 <tr> 1043 <td> 1044 <p class="10"><font size="-1"><font 1045 size="-2"> Foto courtesy of Orosmán 1046 de la Guardia, ©2003</font> <a 1047 href="http://www.rubenblades.com/" 1048 target="_blank">rubenblades.com</a></font> 1049 </p> 1050 </td> 1051 </tr> 1052 </tbody> 1053 </table> 1054 <p><font size="-1"><img alt="Berklee" 1055 src="RUBENberkleepp.gif" style="width: 1056 209px; height: 230px;" align="right"></font><font 1057 size="-1">As guest artist on the <a 1058 href="http://www.spanishharlemorchestra.net/">Spanish 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 Harlem Orchestra</a>'s second album <span 1069 style="font-weight: bold; font-style: 1070 italic;">Across 110th St. </span><span 1071 style="font-weight: bold;"></span>(2004)<span 1072 style="font-style: italic;"></span> he 1073 received a seventh Grammy award. His 1074 eighth was a Latin Grammy for the video of "La 1075 Perla" with Calle 13 (2008). His ninth was a 1076 Latin Grammy in the Cantautor category, for <span 1077 style="font-weight: bold; font-style: 1078 italic;">Cantares del Subdesarrollo</span> 1079 (2009).<br> 1080 </font></p> 1081 <p><font size="-1">He was honored by the New York 1082 Chapter of the National Academy of Recording 1083 Arts and Sciences with its Heroes Award in 1084 2004, and ASCAP honored him with its <a 1085 style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"
1086 href="http://www.maestravida.com/rbascap.html">Founders 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1095 1096 Award</a> in 2005. <br> 1097 </font></p> 1098 <div style="text-align: right;"><font size="-1"> <a 1099 href="http://www.berklee.edu/">Berklee 1100 College of Music</a> conferred on him an <a 1101 style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" 1102 href="http://www.maestravida.com/rbatberklee.html">honorary 1103doctorate 1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111 1112 1113 in music in 2005</a>. <b>Princeton 1114 University</b> did the same in 2024.</font><br> 1115 <font size="-1"><br> 1116 In 2004 Blades went home to Panama for a five 1117 year term as Minister of Tourism, serving his 1118 country as he had long hoped to do. </font><br> 1119 </div> 1120 <p> </p> 1121 <!-- random partner ad --> 1122 <div style="text-align: center;"><span 1123 style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> <span 1124 style="font-style: italic;">"When I go back 1125 to Panama, I'm going to be very happy to be 1126 there because I really believe in my country 1127 and I know we're going to do good things 1128 there. It's not just a romantic dream; we 1129 can make things happen there."</span></span><br> 1130 <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span></div> 1131 <span style="font-style: italic;"></span> 1132 <p> </p> 1133 <!-- start copyright.html --></td> 1134 </tr> 1135 <tr> 1136 <td style="vertical-align: top;"> 1137 <table style="width: 100%; text-align: left;" 1138 cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0"> 1139 <tbody> 1140 <tr> 1141 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><br> 1142 <img alt="sdrb12" src="sdrb12.jpg" 1143 style="width: 300px; height: 188px;" 1144 align="right"><font size="-1">Living in 1145 Casco Viejo, a few blocks from Plaza 1146 Herrera in the San Felipe neighborhood 1147 where he was born and raised, <span 1148 style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font 1149 size="-1">he maintained contact with his 1150 fans through <span style="font-weight: 1151 bold;">SDRB</span>, the </font><font 1152 size="-1"><a style="font-weight: bold;" 1153 target="_blank" 1154 href="http://www.maestravida.com/sdrb">Show 1155 1156 1157 1158 1159 1160 1161 1162 1163 1164 de Rubén Blades</a><span 1165 style="font-weight: bold;"> videos</span></font><font 1166 size="-1"> on his web site, featuring 1167 anecdotes, recommendations, and 1168 interviews with artists including Calle 1169 13, Danilo Pérez, and Bladess wife, 1170 singer and actress <a 1171 href="http://www.lubamason.com"><span 1172 style="font-weight: bold;">Luba 1173 Mason</span></a>.<br> 1174 <br> 1175 With his government service completed, 1176 2009 and 2010 saw the long-awaited 1177 reunion of the original Seis del Solar 1178 in the Todos Vuelven Tour, enjoyed by 1179 a million people across the Americas. 1180 The recording of this concert brought 1181 him a Latin Grammy.<br> 1182 </font><br> 1183 <font size="-1"><font size="-1"> In 1184 another contrary move, he decided to 1185 "pirate the pirates" and put out his 1186 own versions of some existing 1187 bootlegged performances, calling it 1188 The Bootleg Series, on <a 1189 target="_blank" 1190 href="http://www.subdesarrollorecords.com"><span 1191 style="font-weight: bold;">Subdesarrollo 1192 1193 1194 1195 1196 1197 1198 1199 1200 1201 Records</span></a>. <br> 1202 <br> 1203 </font> The succeeding years have seen 1204 more film work, portraying manager 1205 Carlos Eleta in the Roberto Duran biopic 1206 Hands of Stone. He has performed 1207 concerts with the Roberto Delgado 1208 Orchestra in the U.S., Europe and Latin 1209 America. His album <i>Tangos</i> won 1210 both a Latin Grammy and a Grammy, as did 1211 the album <i>Son de Panamá</i> with the 1212 Delgado Orchestra. The 2017 album <i>Salsa 1213 1214 Big Band</i>, and the 2021 album <i>SALWING!</i>, 1215 each won both the Latin Grammy Best 1216 Salsa and Album of the Year awards, plus 1217 the Grammy Best Tropical Latin Album.<br> 1218 <br> 1219 In 2022 he reunited with Brazilian vocal 1220 group Boca Livre with <i>Pasieros</i> 1221 (in Spanish) and <i>Parceiros</i> (in 1222 Spanish and Portuguese). <i>Pasieros</i> 1223 won him the Grammy for Best Latin Pop 1224 Album. In 2023 he released a live 1225 concert 45th Anniversary version of the 1226 classic album <i>Siembra</i>, which 1227 also won the Best Tropical Album Grammy.<br> 1228 <br> 1229 He took a break from touring to star in 1230 the television series <span 1231 style="font-style: italic;">Fear the 1232 Walking Dead</span> during 2015-2023. 1233 In 2018 the documentary Y<i>o No Me 1234 Llamo Rubén Blades</i> (<i>Rubén 1235 Blades Is Not My Name</i>
1235) by Abner 1236 Benaim was released. The film "takes us 1237 up close to one of Latin America's most 1238 beloved singer-songwriters, his music, 1239 and the stories behind them."<br> 1240 </font> 1241 <div align="center"> <iframe 1242src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/259475573?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" 1243 webkitallowfullscreen="" 1244 mozallowfullscreen="" 1245 allowfullscreen="" height="360" 1246 frameborder="0" width="640"></iframe> 1247 <p><b><a 1248 href="https://vimeo.com/259475573">Yo 1249 1250 1251 no me llamo Rubén Blades- Trailer 1252 (eng. subs)</a></b><b> from </b><b><a 1253href="https://vimeo.com/aperturafilms">Apertura Films</a></b><b> on </b><b><a 1254 href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a></b><b>.</b></p> 1255 </div> 1256 <font size="-1"><font size="-2"> 1257 1258 1259 1260 1261 </font></font> <br> 1262 <div style="text-align: center;"><font 1263 style="font-weight: bold;"><a 1264 href="http://www.maestravida.com/rbnewsblog.html">Updated 1265 1266 1267 NewsBlog</a> </font><span 1268 style="font-weight: bold;"><span 1269 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bio 1270 Summaries:</span> <a 1271 target="_blank" 1272 href="biosummaryen.html">English</a> 1273 - <a target="_blank" 1274 href="biosummaryes.html">Español</a></span></div> 1275 <div style="text-align: center;"><font 1276 style="font-weight: bold;"> 1277 1278 1279 <br> 1280 Complete <a target="_blank" 1281 href="http://www.maestravida.com/discog.html">discography</a> 1282 1283Imdb 1284 1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 1290 1291 1292 1293 <a target="_blank" 1294 href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001952/">Filmography</a> 1295 1296 1297 1298 1299 1300 1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 <a target="_blank" 1306 href="http://www.maestravida.com/library.html">Interview 1307 1308 1309 1310 1311 1312 1313 1314 1315 1316 & Article Library 1978-2013</a> 1317 1318 1319 <br> 1320 <a target="_blank" 1321 href="http://www.maestravida.com/sdrb.html"><img 1322 alt="SDRB" src="sdrbtiny.jpg" 1323 style="border: 0px solid ; width: 1324 74px; height: 42px;" 1325 align="middle"></a>Show De Rubén 1326 Blades video archive <font size="-1">(NO 1327 1328 LONGER FREE)</font></font><br> 1329 <font style="font-weight: 1330 bold;"> <br> 1331 <a target="_blank" 1332 href="http://www.maestravida.com/characters.html">Rubén 1333Blades 1334and 1335 1336 1337 1338 1339 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 his Cast of Characters</a></font><font 1345 style="font-weight: bold;"> 1346 </font><a target="_blank" 1347 href="http://www.maestravida.com/paulacinterview.html"><font 1348 style="font-weight: bold;">Interviews 1349 1350 1351 1352 1353 1354 1355 1356 1357 1358 with Paula C. </font></a><br> 1359 </div> 1360 </td> 1361 </tr> 1362 <tr> 1363 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><img 1364 alt="Puerto Rico 12 Aug 2009" 1365 src="orosdsc_0137p.jpg" style="width: 1366 360px; height: 239px;" align="right"><br> 1367 <br> 1368 <img alt="Todos Vuelven logo" 1369 src="todosvuelven_sm.jpg" style="width: 1370 269px; height: 158px;" align="left"><br> 1371 <div style="text-align: right;"> 1372 <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> 1373 <div style="text-align: left;"> 1374 <div style="text-align: center;"><span 1375 style="font-weight: bold;"><br> 1376 2009 marked the 25th anniversary 1377 of the still revolutionary 1378 Buscando America. </span><br>
1379 <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div> 1380 <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span 1381 style="font-weight: bold;"></span> 1382 <div style="text-align: center;"><span 1383 style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div> 1384 </div> 1385 <font size="-1"><span 1386 style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font></div> 1387 <font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: 1388 bold;"></span></font><font size="-1"><span 1389 style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><span 1390 style="font-weight: bold;"></span> 1391 <div style="text-align: center;"><span 1392 style="font-weight: bold;"> <br> 1393 </span> 1394 <div style="text-align: center;"><span 1395 style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> 1396 </div> 1397 <div style="text-align: left;"> 1398 <div style="text-align: center;"><span 1399 style="font-weight: bold;"> 1400 1401 1402 1403 1404 1405 1406 1407 1408 1409 </span><a target="_blank" 1410 href="http://www.maestravida.com/TodosVuelvenWorldTour.html"><span 1411 style="font-weight: bold;">Todos 1412 Vuelven World Tour</span></a><br> 1413 </div> 1414 <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div> 1415 <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div> 1416 <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></td> 1417 </tr> 1418 <tr align="center"> 1419 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a 1420 href="http://www.maestravida.com/smithsonian.html"><img 1421 target="_blank" alt="rb at the 1422 smithsonian" src="rbatnmahp.gif" 1423 style="border: 2px solid ; width: 1424 350px; height: 77px;" align="left"></a><font 1425 size="-1"><span style="font-weight: 1426 bold;"><br> 1427 On 27 March 2010, Rubén was 1428 interviewed onstage at the Carmichael 1429 Auditorium at the Smithsonian 1430 Institution in Washington D.C., 1431 jointly sponsored by the American 1432 History Museum and the Smithsonian 1433 Latino Center. (<a 1434 target="_blank" 1435 href="http://www.maestravida.com/smithsonian.html">photos</a>)<br> 1436 <br> 1437 </span></font></td> 1438 </tr> 1439 <tr> 1440 <td style="vertical-align: top;"> 1441 <table style="width: 100%;" 1442 cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" 1443 border="0"> 1444 <tbody> 1445 <tr> 1446 <td colspan="3" 1447 style="vertical-align: top; 1448 text-align: center; 1449 background-color: rgb(169, 183, 1450 169);"><span style="font-weight: 1451 bold;"><font size="-2"> </font>En 1452el 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459 1460 1461 1462 Tribunal Federal de San Juan: <a 1463 target="_blank" 1464 href="tribunal.html#final">Final 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 1470 1471 1472 1473 1474 Decisions</a> ~ </span><span 1475 style="font-weight: bold; 1476 font-style: italic;">"Cada cual 1477 tendrá que bregar con el karma 1478 que crean sus acciones".</span><span 1479 style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span 1480 style="font-weight: bold; 1481 font-style: italic;"><font 1482 size="-2"><font size="+3"><br> 1483 </font></font></span><img 1484 alt="he won" 1485 src="redhandpointingRp.png" 1486 style="width: 50px; height: 1487 31px;" align="middle">May 16, 1488 2013: Final judgement against 1489 Morgalo <span style="font-weight: 1490 bold;">in favor of Rubén Blades 1491 in his defamation suit</span> [<a 1492 target="_blank"
1493href="http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/puerto-rico/prdce/3:2007cv01380/63300/364/">Document 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 1500 1501 1502 1503 364</a>]<br> 1504 <img alt="he won" 1505 src="redhandpointingRp.png" 1506 style="width: 50px; height: 1507 31px;" align="middle"> December 1508 22 2010: granted legal costs of <span 1509 style="font-weight: bold;">$9,819.81 1510 1511 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518 1519 to be paid by Willie Colon to 1520 Rubén Blades</span> [<a 1521 target="_blank" 1522href="http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/puerto-rico/prdce/3:2007cv01380/63300/263/">Document 1523 1524 1525 1526 1527 1528 1529 1530 1531 1532 263</a>]<br> 1533 <img alt="he won" 1534 src="redhandpointingRp.png" 1535 style="width: 50px; height: 1536 31px;" align="middle">June 15 1537 2010: Partial final judgement <span 1538 style="font-weight: bold;">in 1539 favor of Rubén Blades against 1540 Morgalo, Martinez & 1541 Associates, LLC </span><br 1542 style="font-weight: bold;"> 1543 <span style="font-weight: bold;">in 1544the 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 1550 1551 1552 1553 1554 amount of $133,168.16</span>, 1555 plus interest. [<a 1556href="http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/puerto-rico/prdce/3:2007cv01380/63300/228/0.pdf?1276711488">Document 1557 1558 1559 1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 228</a>]<br> 1567 <span style="font-weight: bold; 1568 font-style: italic;"><font 1569 size="-2"> </font> </span></td> 1570 </tr> 1571 </tbody> 1572 </table> 1573 </td> 1574 </tr> 1575 <tr> 1576 <td style="vertical-align: top; 1577 background-color: rgb(255, 228, 225);"> 1578 <div align="center"><br> 1579 </div> 1580 <div style="text-align: left;" 1581 align="center"> 1582 <div align="center"><span 1583 style="font-weight: bold;">Rubén 1584 Blades </span><a 1585 style="font-weight: bold;" 1586 target="_blank" 1587 href="http://www.rubenbladesarchivesatharvard.com/">Archives</a><span 1588 style="font-weight: bold;"> Go to </span><a 1589 style="font-weight: bold;" 1590 target="_blank" 1591 href="http://www.hcl.harvard.edu/news/2009/ruben_blades_archive.html">Harvard 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600 1601 University</a><span style="color: 1602 rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span 1603 style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span 1604 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span> 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 1616 0, 0);"></span></span><span 1617 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 1618 font-weight: bold;"> [<a 1619 href="rubenbladesarchivesatharvard.com/index2.html">español</a>]</span><span 1620 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 1621 font-weight: bold;"></span><br>
1622 <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 1623 font-weight: bold;"> </span></div> 1624 <div style="text-align: left; 1625 margin-left: 80px;" align="right"><a 1626 target="_blank" 1627 href="http://www.maestravida.com/aharvardsulegado.html">A 1628 Harvard su legado<img alt="hat" 1629 src="hattrim02b.gif" style="width: 1630 145px; height: 120px;" 1631 height="120" width="145" 1632 border="0" align="right"></a> </div> 1633 <div style="text-align: left;" 1634 align="center"><a target="_blank" 1635 href="http://www.maestravida.com/Pa-Dig.html">Fan 1636 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 y ex de Blades crean archivo</a><br> 1646 </div> 1647 </div> 1648 <div style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); 1649 text-align: left;"> 1650 <div align="center"><font size="-1"><span 1651 style="font-weight: bold;">Blades 1652 en la conversación manifestó 1653 también su satisfacción porque la 1654 Universidad de Harvard le ha 1655 anunciado que colocará toda su 1656 historia y producción en la 1657 Biblioteca de la institución.</span></font><br 1658 style="font-weight: bold;"> 1659 </div> 1660 <div style="text-align: center;" 1661 align="center"><font size="-1"><span 1662 style="font-weight: bold;">Han 1663 hecho un llamado internacional 1664 para que envíen todo tipo de 1665 material, artículos, libros, 1666 ensayos de universidades, 1667 tesis; </span></font><font 1668 size="-1"><span style="font-weight: 1669 bold;">va a ser interesante para 1670 mí entender cómo la gente ha 1671 percibido el trabajo mío, dijo el 1672 creador de Plástico.</span></font></div> 1673 </div> 1674 </td> 1675 </tr> 1676 </tbody> 1677 </table> 1678 <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="-1"><span 1679 style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><br> 1680 </div> 1681 </td> 1682 </tr> 1683 <tr> 1684 <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"> 1685 <table style="height: 119px; margin-left: auto; 1686 margin-right: auto; width: 950px; text-align: 1687 left;" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" 1688 border="0" background="exploraheader.gif"> 1689 <tbody> 1690 <tr> 1691 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><font 1692 size="-2"> </font><br> 1693 </td> 1694 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><font 1695 size="-2"> </font><br> 1696 </td> 1697 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><br> 1698 </td> 1699 <td style="vertical-align: top;"><br> 1700 </td> 1701 </tr> 1702 <tr> 1703 <td style="text-align: center; 1704 vertical-align: middle;"> <br> 1705 </td> 1706 <td style="text-align: right; 1707 vertical-align: middle;"> <font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><a 1708 target="_blank" 1709 href="http://www.maestravi
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