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Rubén Blades
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Birth Place: Panama City, Panama Born: Jul. 16th, 1948
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TRIVIA:
- The son of a bongo player turned police detective and a mother who taught piano, Blades grew up with music but studied law at the University of Panama. In 1974, at 26, he landed in New York City with just $100 in his pocket and a dream to make it as a singer.
- He won his first Grammy for the album, "Encenas", and has won 4 more in Latin categories, a Latin Grammy, and one in World Music for the album "Mundo.".
- In _Predator 2 (1990)_ (qv), he played a character with the last name Archuleta who is killed by the bad guy, and in _Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)_ (qv), his character avenges the death of a partner with the last name Archuleta.
- His grandfather, Reuben Blades, was born on the British island of St. Lucia.
- Blades uses the English pronunciation (rhymes with "glades"), as Ruben's grandfather Reuben Blades was English, a native of St. Lucia.
- Brother of 'Robert Blades' (qv).
- Ran for President of Panama as founder and head of the Papa Egoro party in 1994. He came in third behind the two leading Panamanian parties. However, he won a respectable 18% of the vote. His party gained enough seats in the Panamanian Legislature to ensure its continuance and a place in national politics, until it was dissolved in 1999.
- Nowadays he's the Minister of Tourism in Panama.
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