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Rubén Blades Discovers He’s Related to This Iconic Poet on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:23:02 +0000

Rubén Blades has just discovered who his paternal grandfather is—thanks to PBS’s Finding Your Roots. And just as the renowned singer, activist and actor predicted in the show, the news is a bomb in his home country of Panama. It’s, after all, not often that the PBS show can trace one of the country’s most

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WATCH: Rubén Blades Just Got Involved in Residente & J Balvin Feud

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:25:43 +0000

The feud between Residente and J Balvin seems like it’s never going to end – or stop giving us things to talk about. First there was the hot dog cart comparison. Before that, there might have been a diss by J Balvin about Residente’s “lack of hits.” Then came the Grammys. And the new song.

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6 Moments at the Latin Grammy Awards That Left Fans Buzzing

Jorge Rodriguez-Jimenez — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:24:23 +0000

The Latin GRAMMYs is the most important and exciting night for Latin music and the 22nd annual Latin GRAMMY Awards Thursday night did not disappoint. Fans were buzzing all over Twitter celebrating their favorite’s victories, mourning their losses, and hyping up their favorite moments. There are bound to be amazing moments when you pack a

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Rubén Blades To Be Honored As The 2021 Latin Recording Academy Person Of The Year

Cheky — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:41:07 +0000

The Latin Recording Academy just announced its 2021 Person of the Year, and it’s none other than Panamanian living legend Rubén Blades. The singer/songwriter, musician, activist, politician, actor and producer now joins the likes of Caetano Veloso, Shakira, Juan Luis Guerra, Emilio Estefan and more who have been given the same recognition in previous years.

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If Rubén Blades Was To Be Written off of ‘Fear the Walking Dead,’ This Is How He’d Like To Go

Kiko Martinez — Fri, 14 May 2021 17:56:02 +0000

Whether you know Rubén Blades as an actor in films like The Milagro Beanfield War, All the Pretty Horses and Hands of Stone, or as the legendary salsa and Latin jazz musician of albums like Siembra, Buscando América and Escenas, the Panamanian star, who once ran to be President of Panama in 1994 (and received 17% of the

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Beloved Tíos Rubén Blades & Carlos Vives Bring Sweet Comfort With “No Estás Solo”

Ecleen Luzmila Caraballo — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:12:13 +0000

On Sunday evening, Rubén Blades and dozens of other singers from across Latin America (including Los Rabanes, Sech, Olga Tañón, Carlos Vives and others) had a virtual concert called Panamá Solidario to raise funds for the lovely isthmus. Panama is reportedly currently the most impacted country in Central America. At the end of the night,

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Residente Says His Forthcoming Album Will Feature Rubén Blades and Juan Luis Guerra

Cheky — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 19:14:48 +0000

On Tuesday, Calle 13 alum Residente went on Instagram Live, where he spilled the beans on the follow-up to his Grammy Award-winning debut solo album, which he released in 2017. According to local newspaper El Nuevo Día, René Pérez Joglar shared that he’s currently in the process of finishing his still-untitled sophomore record, which will feature

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Rubén Blades Adds Scholar-In-Residence at NYU to His Long List of Accomplishments

Isabelia Herrera — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 19:31:16 +0000

Panamanian icon Rubén Blades has spent his life and career traversing the worlds of music, politics, and beyond, and his latest adventure is taking him into the universe of academia. New York University has just announced that the legendary salsero is the first Scholar-in-Residence at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Over

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CineFestival Celebrates 40th Anniversary by Bringing ‘Coco’ in Spanish to the Big Screen

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 19:54:42 +0000

The longest running Latino film festival in the country is celebrating its 40th edition this summer. Befitting such a milestone, CineFestival’s four-day programming is bigger than ever. More importantly, the San Antonio-based fest is honoring its own with its “Hecho en Tejas” theme. Of the movies featured in this year’s lineup, for example, 41 were shot

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The Usually Private Rubén Blades Opens Up About His Life for a New Documentary

Monica Castillo — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:10:26 +0000

As one of the most famous Panamanians in the world, salsero Rubén Blades has enjoyed an exhilarating career on and off the stage. He’s jumped from music to movies to politics, even launching a presidential campaign and serving as his country’s Minister of Tourism for a number of years. In the new documentary, Ruben Blades

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