Bolívar: Una lucha admirable

Season 1

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Depicts the life and loves of Venezuelan Gen. Simón Bolívar, who helped liberate several Latin American countries from Spain.

60 Episodes

  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1In 1819, Gen. Simón Bolívar leads a ragtag army under harsh conditions. Flashbacks reveal his wedding day and his privileged boyhood alongside slaves.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2Simón gets an unconventional tutor, who proves to be a kindred spirit. Carlos uses slave Matea as a bargaining chip to get ownership of family property.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3Simón is sent to live in Rodríguez's home, where his mind is opened to new ideas. Yearning for freedom, Dionisio plans to escape from the hacienda.
  • Episode 4
    E4
    Episode 4After losing his students and attracting suspicion, Rodríguez realizes he must flee. The other members of the cause attempt their heist of the garrison.
  • Episode 5
    E5
    Episode 5Joaquín learns what his fate will be. While learning about his family's cacao production business, Simón makes a strategic bet on a card game.
  • Episode 6
    E6
    Episode 6Simón begins his training at the military academy and meets his instructors, while the rest of his family realize their limits without a Spanish title.
  • Episode 7
    E7
    Episode 7Juan Vicente declares his love for Josefa. The marquess advises Simón on what he must do to secure María Teresa's hand in marriage.
  • Episode 8
    E8
    Episode 8Between María Antonia's and Matea's childbirths, only one ends well. Simón catches Lorenzo de Ulloa in a lie, and unexpectedly meets the queen of Spain.
  • Episode 9
    E9
    Episode 9Simón reveals his intentions toward María Teresa to her father. When Lorenzo damages the Marquess's reputation, Simón challenges him to a sword fight.
  • Episode 10
    E10
    Episode 10Simón decides to follow María Teresa to La Sierra. But when Delfina tells lies to get him arrested for hurting Lorenzo, he must first evade the police.
  • Episode 11
    E11
    Episode 11Despite Bernardo's misgivings, Simón and María Teresa are married a year later, and set off for Venezuela. On the ship, they meet Caracas's new judge.
  • Episode 12
    E12
    Episode 12After arriving in Venezuela, Simón discovers the disastrous mismanagement of the haciendas, forcing him and his sister to ask the new judge for a loan.
  • Episode 13
    E13
    Episode 13While rescuing Matea from the violent slaveowner she was sold to, María Teresa contracts a tropical fever. María Antonia finds herself falling in love.
  • Episode 14
    E14
    Episode 14Simón begs Dr. O'Neil to cure María Teresa. Determined to visit his wife in Caracas, Pablo Clemente hops on a horse-and-wagon and takes off.
  • Episode 15
    E15
    Episode 15Simón travels to Madrid, and then on to Paris, where he runs into his old tutor, Rodríguez. Carlos learns of María Antonia and Felipe's romance.
  • Episode 16
    E16
    Episode 16Simón's political views begin to rub his Parisian friends the wrong way, and Rodríguez gives him some frank advice. María Antonia becomes pregnant.
  • Episode 17
    E17
    Episode 17María Antonia is forced to say a difficult goodbye. Manuelita is allowed to leave the convent. Simón realizes what his true calling is and returns home.
  • Episode 18
    E18
    Episode 18Simón asks Gen. Miranda to lead an army. María Antonia must decide whether run off with Felipe. Manuelita is sent to live with her uncle, a priest.
  • Episode 19
    E19
    Episode 19Simón forms the Patriotic Society to show the junta the public's demand for independence. Manuelita finds out the stories of those she saw executed.
  • Episode 20
    E20
    Episode 20After the victory in Valencia, Simón and Gen. Miranda disagree over what their next move should be. Bad news arrives from overseas. Dionisio returns.
  • Episode 21
    E21
    Episode 21His assets seized by the Spanish, Simón arrives penniless in Cartagena and joins the New Granada Army. A royalist soldier tries to seduce Manuelita.
  • Episode 22
    E22
    Episode 22Determined to return to Venezuela and face Gen. Monteverde, Simón leads his army on a bloody journey back to Caracas. A husband is found for Manuelita.
  • Episode 23
    E23
    Episode 23Simón sends Dionisio and Sgt. Luciano D'Elhuyar to Monteverde's camp to propose a prisoner exchange. Manuelita is reunited with painter Rafael.
  • Episode 24
    E24
    Episode 24When a Cartegena colonel refuses to give him weapons, Simón resigns and goes to Jamaica. Manuelita devises a plan to free a prominent prisoner of war.
  • Episode 25
    E25
    Episode 25Gen. Morillo learns Simón is in Jamaica and puts a price on his head. Manuelita receives an unexpected visit from Fausto, the royalist who seduced her.
  • Episode 26
    E26
    Episode 26Simón tries to convince Gen. Páez, from Venezuela's unfamiliar plains region, to unite their complementary armies. An old flame tracks down Simón.
  • Episode 27
    E27
    Episode 27As soldiers desert during the plains crossing, Gen. Santander begins to question Simón's decisions. Right before the wedding, Manuelita gets cold feet.
  • Episode 28
    E28
    Episode 28Pepita forces Simón to take a hard look at the condition of his soldiers. Santander and Felisa grow closer, to her father's great displeasure.
  • Episode 29
    E29
    Episode 29Simón anxiously waits for Santander to return with much-needed recruits. Felisa's dad spies on Simón's men as they discuss the next route they'll take.
  • Episode 30
    E30
    Episode 30Dr. Thorne tries to keep Manuelita on a short leash, and gets in trouble with a loan shark. Simón's army suffers greatly while crossing the mountains.
  • Episode 31
    E31
    Episode 31
  • Episode 32
    E32
    Episode 32
  • Episode 33
    E33
    Episode 33
  • Episode 34
    E34
    Episode 34
  • Episode 35
    E35
    Episode 35
  • Episode 36
    E36
    Episode 36
  • Episode 37
    E37
    Episode 37
  • Episode 38
    E38
    Episode 38
  • Episode 39
    E39
    Episode 39
  • Episode 40
    E40
    Episode 40
  • Episode 41
    E41
    Episode 41
  • Episode 42
    E42
    Episode 42
  • Episode 43
    E43
    Episode 43
  • Episode 44
    E44
    Episode 44
  • Episode 45
    E45
    Episode 45
  • Episode 46
    E46
    Episode 46
  • Episode 47
    E47
    Episode 47
  • Episode 48
    E48
    Episode 48
  • Episode 49
    E49
    Episode 49
  • Episode 50
    E50
    Episode 50
  • Episode 51
    E51
    Episode 51
  • Episode 52
    E52
    Episode 52
  • Episode 53
    E53
    Episode 53
  • Episode 54
    E54
    Episode 54
  • Episode 55
    E55
    Episode 55
  • Episode 56
    E56
    Episode 56
  • Episode 57
    E57
    Episode 57
  • Episode 58
    E58
    Episode 58
  • Episode 59
    E59
    Episode 59
  • Episode 60
    E60
    Episode 60

Cast of Season 1

  • José Ramón BarretoSimón Bolívar Joven
  • Luis Gerónimo AbreuSimón Bolívar
  • Rosmeri MarvalMaría Antonia Bolívar
  • Irene EsserMaría Teresa del Toro
  • Shany NadanManuelita Saenz
  • Sergio BorreroGuerrero
  • Carlos TorresLorenzo Ulloa Cárdenas

 

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