Problem 1: Read What is Salsa Music and What Is its Origin? Then, in your own words, list all the reasons why salsa is markedly an eclectic music genre. What makes it so?
Problem 2: Read the Biography of Rubén Blades, the Intellectual of Salsa Music. Then, in your own words, describe why the article refers to Blades as the "intellectual" of salsa music?
Problem 3: What do you think of the label "salsa intellectual?" Isn't there something presumptuous about it? What does it imply about other salsa musicians?
Problem 4: Read the interview How long is Latin America...? In this piece, we learn that Blades' salsa music was different from others who had produced salsa before him. How so?
Problem 5: Open the document "Pablo Pueblo - Rubén Blades" and listen to the song via the links provided therein. I have included an English translation to the lyrics. Then, describe how Pablo Pueblo, the song, reflects Blades' commitment to bringing about social awareness through salsa?