Carlos Rubira Infante

Carlos Aurelio Rubira Infante (Guayaquil, Ecuador, 16 September 1921 – 14 September 2018) was an Ecuadorian singer and songwriter of pasillo and pasacalle music. He began performing his songs on the radio station El Telégrafo for a program called "La hora agrícola". He then formed the group "Vera Santos-Rubira". He also formed the group "Los Porteños" with the singer Olimpo Cardenas. Until then Cardenas had been a tango singer but asked Rubira to teach him to sing pasillo music.