The Salsa Musician Who Ran For President

By: vivian on sábado, março 16, 2019

Rubén Blades, a Panamanian singer, has the most successful salsa record of all time. Siembra (1978) has sold over 25 million copies. Blades went on to record with Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, Little Steven, and even Sting.

In 1994 he tried to parlay his musical popularity into a presidential run in Panama. Blades lost, but he was appointed Panama’s minister of tourism in 1994 and served for five years, before returning to his music career.

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