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Bolívar
Overview
This dramatization depicts the life -- and loves -- of Venezuelan Gen. Simón Bolívar who helped liberate several Latin American countries from Spain.
Status
Ended
Created By
Juana Uribe
Network
Caracol TV
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes
Episode 1
In 1819, Gen. Simón Bolívar leads a ragtag army under harsh conditions. Flashbacks reveal his wedding day and his privileged boyhood alongside slaves.
Episode 2
Simón 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
Simón 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
After 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
Joaquín 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
Simón 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
Juan 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
Between 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
Simón 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
Simón 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
Despite 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
After 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
While 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
Simón 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
Simón 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
Simón'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
María 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
Simón 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
Simón 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
After 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
His 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
Determined 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
Simón sends Dionisio and Sgt. Luciano D'Elhuyar to Monteverde's camp to propose a prisoner exchange. Manuelita is reunited with painter Rafael.
Episode 24
When 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
Gen. 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
Simón tries to convince Gen. Páez, from Venezuela's unfamiliar plains region, to unite their complementary armies. An old flame tracks down Simón.
Episode 27
As soldiers desert during the plains crossing, Gen. Santander begins to question Simón's decisions. Right before the wedding, Manuelita gets cold feet.
Episode 28
Pepita 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
Simón 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
Dr. 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.
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Top Cast
José Ramón Barreto
Simón Bolívar Joven
Luis Gerónimo Abreu
Simón Bolívar
Rosmeri Marval
María Antonia Bolívar
Irene Esser
María Teresa del Toro
Shany Nadan
Manuelita Saenz
Sergio Borrero
Guerrero
Carlos Torres
Lorenzo Ulloa Cárdenas
Juan Felipe Muñoz
Francisco José de Caldas
Juan Carlos Ortega
General James Rooke
