Featuring Marc Anthony as the young Agron and Ruben Blades as the older Agron, the play received terrible reviews and very poor box office receipts from the very beginning, and ended up closing on March 28 after just 68 performances, becoming a failure from which Simon reportedly lost 11 million dollars.

The Panamanian-born singer Ruben Blades in particular is well known for his socially-conscious and incisive salsa lyrics about everything from imperialism to disarmament and environmentalism, which have resonated with audiences throughout Latin America.

Reggaeton is becoming popular in California due to the success of rappers Daddy Yankee, Pitbull and Ruben Blades who have broken across language barriers into mainstream music.

Blades was born in Panama City, Panama, the son of Cuban musician and actress Anoland Diaz ( real surname Bellido de Luna ), and Ruben Dario Blades, Sr., a gifted athlete, percussionist and later a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in Washington, DC.

Ruben Blades thought until recently that his grandfather had come to Panama to work on the Panama Canal, as he tells in the song " West Indian Man " on the album Amor y Control (" That's where the Blades comes from ") ( 1992 ).

He explains the source and the pronunciation () of his family surname, which is of English origin, in his web show Show De Ruben Blades ( SDRB ).

He was also the subject of Robert Mugge's documentary The Return of Ruben Blades, which debuted at that year's Denver Film Festival.

Beginning in June 2007, however, Blades turned some of his attention back to his artistic career, presenting an " online tv show " titled Show de Ruben Blades ( SDRB ) on his website.

* Best of Ruben Blades ( 1992 )-Rubén Blades ( Fania compilation )

* Experencia Ruben Blades ( 2004 )-Rubén Blades ( Fania compilation )

Calles is portrayed by the actor Ruben Blades in the film For Greater Glory, originally called Cristiada, an epic historical drama also starring Andy Garcia, Peter O ' Toole, Eva Longoria, Alma Martinez, and Eduardo Verástegui.

As a soloist Lavoe recorded several hits including " El cantante ", " Bandolera " and " Periódico de ayer " (" El Cantante " was composed by Ruben Blades, " Bandolera " by Colón and " Periódico " by Tite Curet Alonso.

* As a producer, Willie Colón had Lavoe record what would become his signature song, the Ruben Blades-authored song " El Cantante " against Blades ' protests ( Blades wanted to record the song on his own .).

Torrijos ran again in the 2004 presidential election on a platform of strengthening democracy and negotiating a free trade agreement with the US, and was supported by popular musician and politician Ruben Blades ; Torrijos later made Blades the nation's tourism minister.

Martín Torrijos ran on a platform of strengthening democracy and negotiating a free trade agreement with the US, and was supported by popular musician and politician Ruben Blades.

*" Earth Angels: Migrant Children in America ", ( ISBN 0-87654-074-4, Pomegranate 1994 ), Introduction, Nancy Buirski ( Photographer ), Ruben Blades ( Afterword )

There's also an effective subplot that forces Tom to examine his moral outlook on life when his partner ( Ruben Blades ) accidentally shoots a fleeing suspect in the back.

It employed top comedy writers ( Nat Hiken, brothers Danny and Neil Simon, Leo Fuld, Aaron Ruben ), and Berle later recalled this series as " the best radio show I ever did ... a hell of a funny variety show ".

He came back to Menudo to complete a tour in Brazil, their 1987 Summer in the Streets tour after Robby Rosa quit the group to introduce new member Ruben Gomez and for their last tour in the Philippines when Ralphy Rodriguez was pulled out of the group by his parents late that year.

* Ruben Mendoza, soccer player, two time US Olympian, two time US World Cup Team member

One of the arrested members, Benjamin " Topo " Peters, was allegedly the Mexican Mafia's highest-ranking member at the time, and was engaged in a power struggle with fellow member Ruben " Tupi " Hernandez.

Ruben Gómez replaced Robi Rosa as Robi became the second member ever to quit the band before his time was due.

It features Sergio Blass, Ruben Gómez, Robert Avellanet, Rawy Torres, and new member César Abreu.

Eastwood's 30th directorial outing came with Invictus, a film based on the story of the South African team at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, with Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, Matt Damon as rugby team captain François Pienaar and Grant L. Roberts as Ruben Kruger.

The All Golds were revived again in 2008 as a testimonial match for Ruben Wiki, where they defeated the New Zealand Maori team 44 – 10 at Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth.

The all-star team included the following, including Talley ; quarterback Jim Kelly, running back Thurman Thomas, wide receivers Andre Reed, Eric Moulds and James Lofton, tight end Pete Metzelaars, and offensive linemen Joe DeLamielleure, Kent Hull, Billy Shaw, Ruben Brown and Jim Ritcher.

Bologna led the best-of-five series, 2-1, with Game 4 in Milan, and the home team leading 65-64, as Climamio's Ruben Douglas connected on a three-point basket at the end of the game to apparently win the Lega A championship.

The latest find, made by a team led by Saburo Sugiyama, associate professor at Aichi Prefectural University in Japan and adjunct faculty at Arizona State University, and Ruben Cabrera of Mexico ’ s National Institute of Anthropology and History, is a tomb apparently made to dedicate the fifth phase of construction.

T1 expanded its line when Spanish BMX rider Ruben Alcantara joined the team.

For Biaggi replaced team manager Marco Borciani as a rider at his Team Sterilgarda / GoEleven, riding a satelitte-works Ducati 1098RS alongside Ruben Xaus.

In 2006, the team advanced to the playoff round of the A1, led by Dimitrios Tsaldaris, Damir Mulaomerović and Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje, finishing 6th in the league after losing in the playoffs to Aris.

Despite the revolutionary character of the new retail system, by the end of the 1950s Ruben Rausing and the Tetra Pak management team realised that the Tetra Pak package portfolio needed to be supplemented by an additional rectangular model to continue to be competitive.

It was suggested that Ruben could be used in a swap deal involving a number of potential targets, although then coach Bernd Schuster stated that he was willing to give the midfielder a chance to impress in his team.

He remained in the team for, but he was once again overshadowed by his team mate and he was often behind Ruben Xaus who was riding a 2006-spec Ducati.

He breaks up with Ruben ( whom he still blames for the loss of a big fight long ago ) and goes back to his old ways.

Latin rap was jumpstarted by a wave of rappers that included Ruben DJ and Vico C. Ruben DJ's hit, La Escuela, ( The School ) and Vico C's hit, La Recta Final, ( The End of the Road ) received considerable radio time during the late 1980s.

His reign at Junior Lightweight saw him fend off the challenges of Escalera in a rematch held at Rimini, Italy, as well as former and future world champion Bobby Chacon, future two time world champion Rafael " Bazooka " Limón, Ruben Castillo, future champion Rolando Navarrete, and Diego Alcalá, beaten in only one round.

Sanchez defended his title for the first time with a 15 round unanimous decision against Ruben Castillo ( 47-1 ).

On February 1, 2012, Ruben Rozendaal, one of the military suspects, announced in local media that he felt that it was time for him to come forward with the truth about the December Murders because he wanted to clear his name before he dies ( suffering from a severe kidney disease, the doctors told him he did not have much time left to live ).

During his 24 year tenure, many buildings and other types of structures were inaugurated, including the Parque De Las Ciencias, the Parque del Trensito ( which had, at the time it opened, Puerto Rico's only running train and a DC-3 plane formerly used by United Airlines ), the city hall, which is a building that crosses over an avenue, the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum, the Canton Mall, a small suspension bridge and many others.

In 1934, she married Ruben Rodrigues Beauchamp and ended her teaching career to devote time to her marriage and her passion for writing.

It was on March 21, 2008, Pampanga carpenter Ruben Enage, 47, when he was nailed to a wooden cross on Good Friday for the 22nd time, since his first in 1985.

Between 2000 and 2011 the PANYNJ worked with Vornado Realty Trust, who had for a time partnered with Ruben Associates.

The Gotham Gazette reported that the Senate rules were changed by the Democratic conference to prevent Democrat Ruben Diaz, Sr., an opponent of same-sex marriage, from motioning to lay the bill aside for debate ; the rules were changed again during the vote to ensure it would conclude in time to make the 11 pm EDT newscasts.

In addition, Ruben wanted to implement this on a Macintosh, which at that time supported a maximum of 8MB main memory.

In the face of anti-illegal immigrant legislation they are on the move again this time as " cultural collaborators ": beginning with the highly praised CD, Concrete Blonde y Los Illegals on Miles Copeland ’ s ARK-21 / Virgin label, then with Tijuana punk legends “ Mercado Negro ” for the Rockefeller US / Mexico Culture Fund sponsored compilation CD: MexAmerica produced by Ruben Guevara for Angelino Records, later with Emmy winning journalist Ruben Martinez and Rock en Espanol stars “ Maldita Vecindad ” for the theater piece “ Border Ballad ” ( the companion to his Book “ Crossing Over: Tales From the New Frontier ”), also writing, and performing with new talent ( i. e. the EMI soundtrack of the Showtime series “ Resurrection Boulevard ” as their alter egos “ The Chizmosos ”).