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Panama’s Tourism minister, singer-songwriter Ruben Blades, holds an interview with the AFP at the ministry in Panama City, on March 11, 2008. Blades said he owes nothing to Puerto Rican salsa musician Willie Colon, who has sued him before a Puerto Rican court for 115,000 US dollars for a concert held five years ago. Blades also said he will return to music next year, when his term in office ends, to demonstrate he is one of the best exponents of salsa in the world. AFP PHOTO/Elmer MARTINEZ (Photo credit should read ELMER MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images)