El Desafío (1995) is a

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created by Salvador Garmendia and Martín Hahn for RCTV as a free version of the Mexican telenovela ''

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'' from Cuban Mexican writer

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. This telenovela lasted 113 episodes and was distributed internationally by

RCTV International RCTV International (formerly known as Coral Pictures or Coral International) is a subsidiary of Empresas 1BC. It was formed in Miami, Florida in 1982 as Coral Pictures to be the international distributor of RCTV's productions. In 1986, the com ...

. Claudia Venturini and Henry Soto star as the main protagonists with Mimi Lazo,

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and Lucy Mendoza as the main antagonists.

Synopsis

In a grand hacienda, near a coastal region surrounded by spectacular beaches, springs a story of love that is as willful and strong as its heroes... a story that begins with a challenge between two indomitable lovers and concludes with a love that defies the limits of greed, envy, and treachery. Fernanda San Vicente is a sweet and beautiful young woman who suffers a complete transformation in her personality upon discovering her lover's betrayal and her father's murder on the night of her wedding. As a result, Fernanda flees to the hacienda she inherited from her father; now impenetrable and filled with an immense resentment toward all men, she vows to rule over the hacienda and the town itself. She is accompanied by her ambitious cousin Federico (who had engineered several illegal business dealings using her family's resources and her envious cousin Marilinda, who had been having an affair with Fernanda's fiancée Mariano. Having arrived, they meet Aquiles Hurtado, the barbaric oversees of the hacienda in order to get what he wants. Still, Fernanda rules the area with an iron hand... until the moment she meets Arturo Gallardo, the only man capable of batling Fernanda for a stretch of land on the beach. Ultimately, Arturo and Fernanda fall victim to their own feelings, and the competition between them turns into a true story of love. But the love between Arturo and Fernanda represents a terrible threat to those who would take possession of Fernanda's land. Driven by greed, Marilinda, Federico, and Aquiles enlist the aid of Fernanda's mother Cristina, a woman who had abandoned her daughter years before and who had returned to the area after spending all of her money. Sergio, Cristina's young and ambitious lover, is included in their plans to destroy Arturo and Fernanda at all costs. But in the end, it is destiny that decides their fate and love that proves Defiant.

Cast

* Claudia Venturini as Fernanda San Vicente *

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as Arturo Gallardo * Carlos Arreaza as Federico García San Vicente *

Catherine Correia Catherine Correia (born January 28, 1975), is a Venezuelan television actress. She has worked as an actress of telenovelas for Radio Caracas Televisión. She is best known for '' Carita pintada'', ''Viva la Pepa'' and ''La cuaima ''La Cuaima'', ...

as Teresita * Mimi Lazo as Ana Luisa *

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as Severa * Lucy Mendoza as Marilinda García San Vicente *

as Aquiles Hurtado * Amilcar Rivero as Juan Ponchao * Rafael Romero as Sergio Duarte * Elisa Stella as Cecilia

References

External links

El Desafio
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