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104                                            style="font-family:
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106                                            Biography</span></font></font><font
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123                    vertical-align: bottom;"><font style="font-weight:
124                      bold;" size="-1"><span style="font-family:
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138              <div style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-weight:
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150                            style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" size="+2">Rubén
151                            Blades:</font></span></font><font
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154                          Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Lawyer, and
155                          Political Figure</span></font><br
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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>
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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,&nbsp; and the Hispanic Organization of
191                          Latin Actors honored him with its Raúl Juliá
192                          HOLA Founders Award.<br>
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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>
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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
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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.&nbsp; 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>
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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
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229                          style="font-weight: bold;"> In 2022 He was
230                          awarded the Harvard Arts Medal.<br>
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232                          He is married to Broadway actress/singer <a
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234                            href="http://www.lubamason.com">Luba Mason</a>
235                          and currently lives in NYC.&nbsp; 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&nbsp; born in 1975.<br>
241                          <font size="-2">&nbsp; </font><br>
242                        </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">He
243                          believes that your actions should match your
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251                            italic;">"Si piensas y haces lo que sientes,
252                            eres feliz".</font><br>
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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>&nbsp; <a
277                            target="_blank" href="biosummaryes.html">Español</a></span><br>
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296                        style="font-weight: bold;" size="-1">&nbsp;Emma,
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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.&nbsp; 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>
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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
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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>
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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
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382                      </font><font size="-1">In Panama, Blades grew up
383                        on U.S. culture and rock &amp; roll. At age 9,
384                        he saw Frankie Lymon &amp; 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 didn’t mail
388                        the letter, but she did buy him a plastic
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391                      </font><font size="-1">Then in <a
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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>
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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>
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406                      <p><font size="-1">As a student at the University
407                          of Panama he composed, sang, and&nbsp;</font><font
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423                          New York City and contacted Pancho Cristal, </font><font
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436                          producer. Cristal had heard Blades sing in
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438                          Pete Rodríguez to make an album. <span
439                            style="font-weight: bold; font-style:
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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>
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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
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522                      <div style="text-align: center;"><span
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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>
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529                        He seized the opportunities this contact gave
530                        him with the New York Latin music scene.
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584                          His chance to sing came when <a
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598                          at Madison Sq. Garden on July 26, 1974, and
599                          recording the Grammy-nominated album <span
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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
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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                        &nbsp; &nbsp;<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 Fania’s
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>
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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">&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp; </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.&nbsp; [<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </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).&nbsp; <br>
912                        <br>
913                      </font><font size="-1"> [See <a target="_blank"
914                          href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001952/">imdb</a>]&nbsp;
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927                      </font>
928                      <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="-1">It
929                          was during <span style="font-style: italic;">The
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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;&nbsp; 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
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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
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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.&nbsp; 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
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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
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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
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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 Blades’s 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">&nbsp;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
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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&amp;byline=0&amp;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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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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> &nbsp;&nbsp; </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
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1306                                    href="http://www.maestravida.com/library.html">Interview
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1316                                    &amp; Article Library 1978-2013</a>&nbsp;
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1320                                  &nbsp; <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
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1328                                    LONGER FREE)</font></font><br>
1329                                &nbsp;&nbsp; <font style="font-weight:
1330                                  bold;"> <br>
1331                                  <a target="_blank"
1332                                    href="http://www.maestravida.com/characters.html">Rubén
1333Blades
1334and
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1344                                    his Cast of Characters</a></font><font
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1346                                  &nbsp; </font><a target="_blank"
1347                                  href="http://www.maestravida.com/paulacinterview.html"><font
1348                                    style="font-weight: bold;">Interviews
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1358                                    with Paula C. </font></a><br>
1359                              </div>
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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>
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1398                                  <div style="text-align: center;"><span
1399                                      style="font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;
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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>
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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.&nbsp; (<a
1434                                    target="_blank"
1435                                    href="http://www.maestravida.com/smithsonian.html">photos</a>)<br>
1436                                  <br>
1437                                </span></font></td>
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1441                              <table style="width: 100%;"
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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">&nbsp; </font>En
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1462                                        Tribunal Federal de San Juan: <a
1463                                          target="_blank"
1464                                          href="tribunal.html#final">Final
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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
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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
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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
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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 &amp;
1541                                        Associates, LLC </span><br
1542                                        style="font-weight: bold;">
1543                                      <span style="font-weight: bold;">in
1544the
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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
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1567                                      <span style="font-weight: bold;
1568                                        font-style: italic;"><font
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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
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1601                                    University</a><span style="color:
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1603                                      style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span
1604                                        style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span>&nbsp;
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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
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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;&nbsp; </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>
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