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The Rich Learn a Lesson

A story of love, romance, and amusing situations; families that have nothing in common but are now obliged to live in the same house: on one side, Los Ruizpalacios, millionaires of great social background and on the other Los Menchaca, a classic family of the barrio.

It begins when grandmother Mati Ruizpalacios can no longer run the family business. Her favorite grandson Miguel Ángel - who has been living in London for 11 years - must return to Mexico because his grandfather Don Aureliano's will states: "The company will go to the first of my grandsons who gets formally married and has a son."

Miguel's cousin Alejo is an ambitious enemy who involves Miguel in a dirty fraud and causes him and his family to lose their fortune and all their property except one piece of land in the La Nopalera neighborhood on which, surprisingly, the Menchaca family is now living.

Don Chuy Menchaca is a retired fighter called "The Son of Sumatra" who, many years ago, knew Don Aureliano Ruizpalacios, to whom he has been paying off the property mortgage little by little.

After the death of the rich empresario, the debt was never settled because Don Chuy doesn't have the deed for the property where he has not only his house but also a modest gymnasium that isn't earning much money these days and which he's thought about transforming into a home-style Mexican resturant with the help of his sons José Tizoc and Perla Ivette and his eldest daughter Lupita, who has a son Emiliano (adored by his grandfather).

Don Chuy is forced by circumstances to take in Miguel Angel and his impoverished family; they move to Italia Street in La Nopalera.

For his part, depressed and broke, Miguel Angel comes to live in, or rather endure, the colony La Nopalera. He's accompanied by his odd family: his mother Ana Sofia, an eccentric society woman who organizes charity events but at heart despises those who are not of "her class;" his brother Leonardo, a classic mirey(?) who has studied art in New York; and Frida, his little sister, apparently socially minded but attached to her life of luxury and comfort.

Clashes between the customs and habits of each family are inevitable, it's a funny, chaotic environment. Lupita and Miguel, who start off as the mediators for their families, will end up falling for each other and together confronting adversity to defend their love and overcome all obstacles.

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Hola out there in Caray Caray land. There is a new TN starting on January 6, 2014 at 10:00pm  called "Que Pobres Tan Ricos". It's basically about a very rich family that loses their lana (money) and must move in with a poor family.  I am putting up some pictures of the cast and Melinama, our blog Mom, will put up a synopsis soon.
Sylvia Pasquel as Ana Sofia Romagnoli vda de Ruiz Palacios, she is the Matriarch of the Rich Ruiz Palacios family.

Manuel "Flaco" Ibanez as Don Jesus "Chuy" Menchaca as the Patriarch of the  poor family.

Jaime Camil as Miguel Angel Ruiz-Palacios Romagnoli accused of course, of something he didn't do. Hides in plain sight.



Zuria Vega as Maria Guadalupe "Lupita" Menchaco she butts heads with Miguel Angel a lot!



Mark Tacher as Alejo Ruiz Palacios Saravia he's a bad hat that wants it all.

Ingrid Martz as Minerva Fontanent Blanco. She's back!  I bet she isn't so blanco don't you? She is the girlfriend of Mark Tacher above.

Arturo Peniche as Nepomuceno Escandiondas " Rey del Plantano"

If you would like to recap this TN please contact our blog Mom Melinama at:

caray@mappamundi.com

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Angelique Boyer is Montserrat Mendoza she is the convent educated girl. She is the daughter of Graciela and Lauro Mendoza.


Osvaldo Benavides as Dimitrio Mendoza is Montserrat's brother and son of Graciela and Lauro.


Daniela Castro as Graciela Giacinti de Mendoza is the Mama from Hell of Montserrat and Dimitrio.


Rogelio Guerra as Lauro Mendoza is a retired Military police capitan. Graciela's husband and Papa of Montserrat and Dimitri.

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If you'd like to recap email me: caray@mappamundi.com - thanks - blog mom.

This story takes place in the picturesque town of Aguazul. Montserrat lives there: she's a pretty girl, of high social status, who wants to have a "rose colored" life. She is constantly manipulated by her mother, Graciela Giacinti, for whom only social appearances are important and who will under no circumstances lose social status, even though her husband Lauro Mendoza, a retired admiral, has lost everything.

Montserrat has been converted into the solution to all her parents' socio-economic problems: her mother has selected her the ideal spouse, Sebastián de Icaza, son of one of the most influential familes in Aguazul. Nevertheless, Montserrat is not interested in marrying for her family's convenience and in fact is in love with José Luis, who runs a marina. Her parents ignore this romance, and this oppresses their daughter.

José Luis feels his relationship with Montserrat is going nowhere and feels the family Mendoza will never accept him.

On the other hand, Alejandro, a laborer on a nearby farm with hopes of bettering his station in life, knows the truth: that his father is Don Benjamin Almonte, a cruel, powerful and wealthy man who revealed this secret on his deathbed. Alejandra didn't receive this news happily. At the very same time life will bring him to meet Montserrat, for whom he immediately falls!

[Skipping a lot which seems to be spoilers]

The destiny of these three people will coincide and among them will be love, friendship, passion, contempt and rancor due to secrets, betrayals and hate provoked by the ambition and avarice that surrounds them.

Cast of characters:

Daniela Castro is Graciela Giacinti de Mendoza
Bad guy. Hypocrite, she appears a devoted woman devoted to her Catholicism but is actually a dark creature full of ambition and greed. She loves to be surrounded by luxury and is proud to be part of an important family. But she has a secret! Long ago she was the lover of Benjamín Almonte. Now, for money she is capable of selling her own daughter to his bastard son and heir.

Angelique Boyer is Montserrat Mendoza

Good guy. Noble, capable of sacrificing herself for her family. Fragile and innocent, she's been in a convent. To her own surprise, little by little she falls truly in love with her husband, which will be a problem when she falls for José Luis. All her problems will strengthen her character.

Sebastián Rulli is Alejandro Almonte

Good guy. Loyal and fair, a gentleman who treats people with respect. His mother, a humble farm worker, died when he was a lad. His life changes when his boss confesses to being his father and leaves him a pot of dough. He becomes a powerful man. He meets Montserrat and falls hopelessly in love with her.

Luis Roberto Guzmán is José Luis Álvarez

Good guy. From a poor background but honorable and a good worker. Capable of anything when it comes to love. Montserrat is the love of his life. When he finds out she is forced to marry a man she despises while he is in jail (unjustly) [spoilers]. He realizes, sadly, that the love Montserrat has for him has changed and that Alejandro, her husband, is a good man.

Sergio Sendel is Pedro Medina

Bad guy, of course. Arrogant and egotistical, of course. [Will he throw phones?] He married Nadia for political reasons: he needed a wife of perfect reputation and a good name when he ran for municipal president. He's dedicated to persecuting Alejandro.

Rogelio Guerra is Lauro Mendoza

Bad guy. Retired husband of Marina, he seems strong but deep down is weak. He and Graciela had two children: Montserrat and Dimitrio. His heart troubles, exacerbated by losing all his riches, have diminished him before his dominating wife.

There are a lot more characters described at Novela y Series

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William Levy is Damián Fabré: Captain and owner of the fishing boat La Tempestad in the town called Nuestra Señora del Mar. He's sexy, strong, brave; he encounters problems, constantly being interrupted by pirate attacks, which in reality are "interventions" by a mafia dedicated to traffic in women. He gets bugged by Esthercita, the mayor's daughter, who plans to compromise and marry him. Nevertheless, he finds his true love in Marina.



Ximena Navarrete is Marina Reverte; a professional woman who has succeeded in the world of business and tourism. A beautiful woman, secure in herself, but her career is cut short by her act of justice and courage. She sees a chance to start again in the town of Nuestra Señora del Mar and there meets the love of her life, Damián Fabré.



Iván Sánchez is Hernán Saldaña: an old school chum of Marina's who was much bullied in his adolescence; now he's a powerful impresario. He's attractive and seems a gentleman, but these qualities hide a real mafioso in charge of a ring of kidnappers and white slavers. He sees a chance to conquer Marina and will not hesitate to use his power and money. He is in alliance with the mayor, Fulgencio Salazar.



Daniela Romo is Mercedes Artigas, Marina's biological mother. She is a strong woman, able to confront any problem. She was a humble woman when she became pregnant by a man she loved. Ernesto killed the man and stole one of the twin babies, Magdalena, destined for a life of abuse and prostitution. To protect her other daughter, Marina, Mercedes gave her up for adoption. She made a fortune and has dedicated years to searching for Magdalena.



Manuel Ojeda is Ernesto Contreras, a powerful and evil man who moves in the business world though his fortune is based on illicit operations. He is authoritorian and vengeful, leader of a mafia dedicated to human slavery, especially women who are destined for the world of prostitution. He was once in love with Mercedes Artigas, but she was in love with another man by whom she became pregnant. He assassinated his rival. He never knew Mercedes had twins. Years later life put him face to face with Marina, who was brave enough to denounce him to the police for trying to rape an employee.



César Évora is Fulgencio Salazar, a corrupt man, mayor of Nuestra Señora del Mar. He is the adoptive father of Esthercita, whom he protects or treats badly depending on circumstances. He uses his power to protect Hernan's mafia. he hates Damián, the man his daughter loves, simply for being the son of Michel Fabré, with whom he had difficulties.



Laura Carmine is Esthercita Salazar, a capricious young woman who acts with arrogance because of the influence of her adopted father Fulgencio. She flirts with Damián, and lies in such a way that she obliges him to marry her.

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Here's the new William Levy vehicle! And we have three open slots for recappers. If you'd like to take a day (or an every-other-week day) contact me (caray@mappamundi.com) - thanks.


The Tempest tells of the love of Marina (Ximena Navarrete) y Damián (William Levy). Marina Reverte managed a hotel until she was fired when she denounced the "important impresario" Ernesto Contreras (Manuel Ojeda) for attempted sexual abuse of an employee. He swears to wreak vengeance.

As if this were not enough, Marina gets the sad news that her mother, Beatriz Reverte (María Sorté), has a life-threatening illness and requires constant rest; she must move to a quiet place.

At the same time, in the town of Nuestra Señora del Mar, Damián Fabré (William Levy), a young captain and owner of a fishing boat called "La Tempestad" supplies merchandise to a canned food manufacturing company, "Neptuno."

Esthercita (Laura Carmine), daughter of the town's mayor, is obsessed with Damian; initially he does not respond to her flirtations, but finally he yields and she 'gets him to seduce her' [editorial indignation - poor William Levy.]

Mercedes Artigas (Daniela Romo), an elegant and mysterious woman, offers Marina the economic and financial management of Neptune, an opportunity she accepts since she doesn't have work and her mother needs to live in a tranquil location. This is how Marina comes to the village of Nuestra Señora del Mar, where she meets Damian.

Mercedes is actually Marina's biological mother [editorial indignation - not again!!??] Poor in her youth, she became pregnant by Ernesto and had twin girls [NOOOOO!!!!] - Ernesto grabbed the other twin, Magdalena (Ximena Navarrete).

Mercedes mad a fortune with which she acquired the respect of those around her, and the power to confront her enemies. She has dedicated her life to recovering her daughters and for that reason has involved herself with people of the underworld who deal in white slavery. She becomes "The Queen of the Night" and has been able to save many young victims.

In the past I've been criticized for printing too much of the sinopsis and as we have a NO SPOILERS policy here, I think this is enough.

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Here's the synopsis, courtesy of Vivi. This team is raring to go! They think this is going to be fun...

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Fernando Colunga is Jesús García.

* Cheerful, honest, hardworking, optimistic.

* Ex-lover of Verónica. Father of Valentina. Destined for Alma.

* Secretary at Avon Monterrey.



Blanca Soto is Alma Montemayor.

* Beautiful, intelligent, successful, kind-hearted.

* Fiancée of Rogelio. Fond of Jesús.

* Assistant Director at Avon Monterrey.




Erick Elías is Rogelio Rivadeneira.

* Intelligent, self-centered, untrustworthy, thrill-seeking.

* Fiancé of Alma. Brother of Fernando. Lover of Patricia.

* Regional Director at Avon Monterrey.




 Alejandro Ávila is Fernando Rivadeneira.

* Bossy, lazy, lusty, insecure.

* Brother of Rogelio.

* Works at Avon Monterrey.





Claudia Álvarez is Verónica Hierro.

* Domineering, hard-hearted, demanding, superficial.

* Ex-lover of Jesús. Wife of Elías. Mother of Valentina.






Jorge Aravena is Elías Franco.

* Laid-back, creative, patient, friendly.

* Husband of Verónica. Stepfather of Valentina.

* Head of Publicity at Avon Monterrey.



María Elisa Camargo is Patricia Zorrilla.

* Vain, hypocritical, seductive, envious.

* Lover of Rogelio. False friend of Alma.






Other Caray favorites who will be appearing in this novela: Kika Edgar, Ricardo Fastlicht, Violeta Isfel, Ricardo Margaleff, Carmen Salinas, Darío Ripoll and Ninel Conde.

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Buenas noches a todos,  So, it's a long time no hear from.  I have promised Melinama I would post a little synopsis of the new telenovela, "Porque El Amor Manda"  that premieres on Monday, March 11 replacing Por Ella Soy Eva.  I have been away from recapping for so many months, I can't remember when but how could I resist jumping back into the fray with Fernando Colunga to thrill us once again. So here is what Univisión has to say about the new story line:

Fernando Colunga, Blanca Soto to Star in New Univision Soap Opera

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Vivi tells us Corona de Lagrimas (Crown of Tears) will replace Refugio at 7pm starting December 3. We're thinking that with a title like that, and with no particularly beloved stars, Caray Caray may give this one a pass. If anybody is enthused enough about it to want to blog it, let me know.

When Refugio (Victoria Ruffo) and her three sons, Patricio, Edmundo and Ignacio are thrown out of their home, by a twist of fate they come to Mexico City, where they begin a new life.

Eighteen years later, and have settled in a small apartment in popular area. She has a modest job, and has serious vision problems, but no health care to meet the needs of her children. Patricio studied Law and dreams of a comfortable and prosperous future; Edmundo is studying medicine and is a brilliant student but undisciplined; and Ignacio could only finish high school because he works in a mechanic’s shop, helping his mother to pay for household expenses and the studies of his brothers.

Patricio is the boyfriend of Lucero, daughter Julieta, who lodged with the family when they came to town. But soon after, he rejects Lucero when he meets Olga, a girl whose fickle fortune dazzles him, leading him to be ashamed of his family and to lie about his origins, going so far as to deny his mother. Olga begins to doubt Patricio’s lies. Exposed, he lies again saying that Refugio was his nanny, has a mental illness and he takes care of her. Olga admires his charity. Later, Edmundo begins to woo Lucero, inadvertently hurting Ignacio, who secretly loves her.

Olga asks her father, the lawyer Romulo Ancira, to hire Patricio in his law firm. As her father is fed up with the vagaries of his daughter, he agrees and soon they announce their engagement. Following their wedding, Patricio pulls completely away from his mother and his brothers. When Refugio tries to approach Olga to try to regain the love of her son, she receives only humiliation. This creates disagreements between Patricio and his brothers Edmundo and Ignacio. Then Patricio learns that his father is not the same as his brothers’, accuses his mother of cheating, and demands she not approach him.

Consequently, Refugio falls into a severe depression that leads her to losing her job and aggravates her loss of sight. Neither Edmundo nor Ignacio seem able to comfort her, but strive to get ahead-- Edmundo first by looking for easy money through illegal business, and Ignacio, by borrowing and falling into debt. Edmundo is lands in jail, and the situation worsens when Ignacio goes to ask Patricio to legally defend Edmundo and he refuses.

The married life of Patricio and Olga is a mess. She is such a jealous wife that she uses emotional blackmail on Patricio, even attempting suicide. Patricio’s world of luxury and comfort crumbles.

When the man who ruined the lives of Refugio and her children comes back in their lives, by chance, Patricio learns the truth about his origins and the efforts of his mother despite adversity. The pain of his own failures, defeats the arrogance of Patricio. He begs the pardon of Refugio and agrees to defend his brother, after which family harmony is recovered.

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Silvia Navarro is Camila Monterde: a beautiful woman without prejudice who always says what she feels and thinks - brave, passionate, a free spirit, modern, romantic. She doubts she will encounter love after losing her first love. She's a veterinarian, independent and intelligent. She comes to live at La Malquerida (Bad Love Ranch?) after suffering a traumatic accident in which her bridegroom died. She falls into a two-year depression but Alonso draws her out and conquers her with compliments and attention.

Olivia Bucio is Agustina Santos: widow of Humberto Monterde and ex-wife of José Julián Díaz. Camila was the child of her first marriage, and Ximena is of the second. She is old-fashioned; what people say matters to her. She always wanted a comfortable life for her children. She is easy to manipulate and weak of character. Don Daniel gives his unconditional support, she is in love with him despite his being the husband of her cousin Ampara. When he is widowed she thinks she has a chance with him, but he can't forget Ágatha. When Dionisio Ferrer declares his love for her, she believes he is sincere and accepts, though it's only a strategy to control her and get at Camila.

Flavio Medina is Alonso Lazcano: an attractive [??] young [??] man of strong character, bossy and arrogant, ambitious and obsessive. He acts for his mother Isadora and Dionisio Ferrer. He is an astute hypocrite and gains the affections and confidence of don Daniel Monterde, becoming his manager.

Cristian de la Fuente is Daniel Díaz Acosta: son of Ágatha Acosta and José Julián Díaz, though everyone (even he) thinks he's the illegitimate son of Daniel Monterde. He's a systems engineer in Chile until he loses his job due to bad economic times. He's intelligent, honest, and a fighter. He's married to Miriam, a rich woman of Jewish heritage. When he is named heir of Daniel Monterde, he's slandered and goes to jail accused of killing his wife. He manages to flee and heads for Mexico. He meets Camila and falls in love with her.

Rogelio Guerra is Daniel Monterde: A decisive man, honest, direct, responsible, a hard worker; owns the Malquerida ranch, where bulls are raised. He was married to Amparo, a good woman who was never able to provide him an heir, but he fell in love with Ágatha Acosta, a Chilean, the love of his life. Being depressed and having a heart condition, he leaves all the running of the ranch to Alonso Lazcano, who becomes the cause of all his misfortunes.

César Évora is Dionisio Ferrer: an ambitious and unscrupulous man who cares about nothing but himself. He is sinister and vengeful, with a seductive personality, he knows woman, and he uses Isadora and Agustina.

Leticia Calderón is Isadora: A distinguished, high-class, beautiful woman, Alonso's mother. She is an ambitious, unscrupulous hypocrite. She works with Dionisio, they are doing tourist development in the lands of La Malquerida; that's why she urges her son to conquer and marry Camila and then grab the property.

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August 10 is the last day of no podia amar - Monday August 13 begins Amor Bravio. Which of the no-podia recappers are staying on for Amor Bravio? (You get first dibs.) Let me know. Here's the teaser plot:

This is the love story of Camila (Silvia Navarro) and Daniel (Cristian de la Fuente), who meet under adverse conditions but despite distrust, rancor, and the thirst for vengeance, they will emerge triumphant over all obstackes with their valiant love (amor bravío).

Camila suffers a terrible accident that marks her life. In consequence, Agustina (Olivia Bucio) decides to accept the help and protection of her brother-in-law Daniel (Rogelio Guerra), and the two of them move to 'La Malquerida' ranch.

Camila and her uncle Daniel love animals and the countryside; she works as vet on his farm, which is admistered by Alonso (Flavio Medina), a not-nice young man with a high and mighty attitude. He's intelligent and has noticed the affection Daniel has for his niece. He assumes Camila will eventually inherit everything. Thus he decides to seduce her slowly and strategically. She falls in love with him.

Alonso lives with his dominating, ambitious, high-born mother Isadora (Leticia Calderón) who wants to recuperate her former prestige and social standing.

Don Daniel finds out that Ágatha, with whom he had a love affair in his youth, has died in Chile, that she divorced her husband months after she and Daniel separated, and that she had a son, Daniel, who appears to be a chip off the old block. Don D. gets excited about this possibly being his son.

Daniel Díaz Acosta, a computer technology expert, lives in Chile with his wife Miriam (Lisset). They're a happy couple and just found out they are going to be parents. The anvil hovers over his head.

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Lucero is Helena Moreno: Single, she is an administrator for tourist businesses. A loving mother, intelligent, dedicated to making a good life for her son Lalito, 8 years old. She has had to deny her wish for independence in order to remain in the family home under the strict rules of her father and to work to cover Lalito's needs. Love is not her priority. She doesn't want to risk being hurt, or worse, having her son become fond of somebody who isn't worth it. Juan Perón conquers her with romantic gestures, wins her son's heart and her mother's trust. She becomes engaged and believes he is the love of her life. Unexpectedly she discovers he has been out to deciev her and steal her project. She will have to reconstruct her life and becomes rather cold and hard to survive her pain.
Jaime Camil is Juan Carlos Caballero: Operations Vice President of Grupo Imperio. Efficient, competitive, able to ignore ethics in order to achieve his goals and steal information. As a friend he is loyal, generous and affectionate. His best friends, Santiago y Fernando, are like his family. He is the iconic Don Juan: sexy, virile, intellitent, charming, elegant and well-dressed, born to seduce, he has money and is part of the jet set. No woman can resist his charms. In order to steal her project he decides to win Helena, but finds in fact she's a wonderful woman, and, without noticing, he falls hopelessly in love with her and her son. Accused of a fraud he did not commit, chased by the cops, there is an accident and people think he's dead. When he finds out Helena needs an assistant when she joines Grupo Imperio, he pretends to be a widow and gets the job. He sets out to prove his innocence.
Jaime Camil is Eva María León Jaramillo: She is a character invented by Juan Carlos, evidently of the working class, without family, a widow. Observing Mimi, 'she' becomes brusque, frank, uses florid language, and is very appealing. She is robust, tall, coarse, and comes to be seen as intelligent, wise, loyal, efficient, a good friend, and altogether a fine woman.
Jesús Ochoa is Adriano Reyes: Antonia's brother, Plutarco's brother-in-law. Major share-holder and president of Grupo Imperio. A seducer, noble, gentlemanly and serious about work. He loves to be around beautiful woman but doesn't think highly of their capacities. This ugly attitude permeates Grupo Imperio. He is very disappointed when he believes Juan Carlos has betrayed him. Though he is a master of seduction, he feels very alone. He seriously falls for Eva.
Helena Rojo is Eugenia Mistral: Modesto's wife, mother of Juan Carlose, she has been an actress all her life and became well-known, but when she married Modesto made her abandon her career to be wife and mother. She is friendly, assertive, educated, with some eccentricities that hint at her artistic past, nevertheless she has episodes similar to dementia although her diagnosis is not clear.
Paty Navidad is Mimí de la Rosa: Owner of the apartment where Juan Carlos takes refuge after the accident. She is single, kindly, optimistic, generous, a hard worker, she tries to see the best in everyone. She is frank and open like the people of the north: happy, likes to party, tells jokes. Her talent for makeup was inherited from her mother who worked in the cinema and knew famous actors. She makes up everybody in the neighborhood so she's a celebrity. She transforms Juan Carlos into Eva.
Mariana Seoane is Rebeca Oropeza: Plutarco's lover, coordinator of Public Relations at Grupo Impero and, like her kind, she has thousands of contacts in the tourism world. She is manipulative, cynical, astute, ambicious and greedy, but very amusing and appealing. And sexy. She's quite a trickster; she seduces Plutarco and looks to a secure future with high status and cool stuff. She expects him to obey her caprices but she has to put up with his having a spouse (Antonia).
Leticia Perdigón is es Silvia Romero:Helena's mother, Eduardo's wife, Lalito's aunt. Housekeeper. She is patient, loyal, sensitive and dependable. It is her efforts that keep her marriage together, she believes marriage is for better or worse. She is serene, reserved, observant, wise, she loves her daughter and nephew, they are her main happiness.

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This show is supposedly starting July 16 at 8pm, so the dreadful 2-hour Refugio marathons suffered by bloggers and fans alike are almost over. Ezra and I will be blogging this new one. Current and would-be bloggers of Refugio and/or Por Ella, leave me a comment below.

Juan Carlos Caballero (Jaime Camil), an incorrigible Don Juan, who uses women and does not believe in love, is a prominent executive in Grupo Imperio, an outstanding firm dedicated to tourist-related activities and business.

Using his famous talents as a seducer he pretends to be a businessman from abroad and tries to steal from Helena Moreno (Lucero) - a single mother and entrepreneur - her innovative project related to tourist development for a Mexican beach. Nevertheless, despite all predictions, getting to know her he finds himself in love for the first time.

Just when he's thinking of telling her the truth, he is busted and at the same time is unjustly accused of a huge fraud by the financial vice president of the company where he works. This villain is the perverse Plutarco Ramos (Marcelo Córdoba), who furthermore is the one who in reality has robbed Helena's important project and now, with the Tourism Commission, he is accusing her of stealing his idea.

Pursued by the police, Juan Carlos flees while within Grupo Imperio Plutarco decides to hire Helen to head up her own project. The young woman, unemployed and with an accusation hanging over her, feels forced to accept the post in order to demonstrate that she has been victim of fraud.

It's at this point that Juan Carlos, who is in hiding, discovers an opportunity to return in order to vindicate himself and recover Helena's love.

How to be near her without her noticing? How to figure out who unjustly accused him of this huge fraud? Juan Carlose decides, because of his love for Helena, to become Eva; in this way he will learn a lesson that changes his vision of life and his perception of women, and will become a man of integrity and power and, finally, bring him to real love.

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"Refuge for love"

Luciana Jacinto is a beautiful, happy girl who lives in a norteño village with her family: Galdino, her father; Paz, her mother; and Lorenzo, her brother. After Galdino's death, she flees the sexual harrassment of Don Aquiles, boss of the town where she grew up. She comes to work in the mansion of the Torreslanda family in Mexico City, where she makes the acquaintance of Patricio, the protagonist's brother, who was left a quadriplegic as the consequence of a dramatic accident.

Rodrigo has the reputation of being a great womanizer; never the less, recently he has been trapped by the enchanting Gala and they've become engaged to marry. The beauty and simplicity of Luciana alter the daily life of the Torreslanda family. Rodrigo feels a strong attraction to her, while Gala and Roselena (Rodrigo's mother) can't stand her. Her great empathy with Patricio guarantees her place in the household. Patricio regains his wish to live thanks to Luciana, and Jana, the younger sister of the very close Torreslanda brothers, becomes her grand friend and accomplice.

Little by little, the sentiments of Rodrigo for Luciana become an intense and profound love, he then decides to break with Gala in order to marry Luciana in secret and together they confront everything that opposes them.

Except that, of course, as soon as the harpies begin to tell him lies about his sweetheart, he instantly believes them...


Cast



Zuria Vega = Luciana Jacinto
Gabriel Soto = Rodrigo Torreslanda
Laura Flores = Roselena de Torreslanda
Roberto Blandón = Maximino Torreslanda
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez = Paz Jacinto
Jessica Coch = Gala Villavicencio
Frances Ondiviela = Julieta de Villavicencio
Luz María Jerez = Conny Fuentes Gil
Aleida Núñez = Violeta
Brandon Peniche = Patricio Torreslanda
Socorro Bonilla = Magda
Harry Geithner = Óscar
Maricruz Nájera = Matilde
Óscar Bonfiglio = Padre Honesto
Ilean Almaguer = Jana Torreslanda
Paul Stanley = Aldo
Erik Díaz = Lorenzo Jacinto
Tania Lizardo = Melisa

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