''Amas de Casa Desesperadas'' (

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ian version) is one of the Latin-tailored versions of ''

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'', the

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and Golden Globe award-winning American television comedy-drama series created by

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. It debuted on 21 May 2007 on

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and on 1 October 2007 on

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Basic settings

The show takes place on the fictional street of Manzanares. It follows the lives of four women, seen through the eyes of their dead neighbor - as they work through domestic struggles while several mysteries unfold in the background.

Cast

* Ana Maria Orozco as Susana Martinez *

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as Eugenia de Koppel (Season 1) *

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as Lina Yepes (Season 1) *

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as Alicia Oviedo * Lorena Meritano as Veronica Villa * Marisol Romero as Gabriela Solis *

Carolina Gómez Carolina Gómez Correa (born 26 February 1975) is a Colombian actress, presenter and model, who held the title of Miss Colombia 1993 and placed 1st Runner-Up at Miss Universe 1994. Pageantry Señorita Colombia She won the Miss Colombia title ...

as Eugenia de Koppel (Season 2) *

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as Lina Yepes (Season 2) *

Diego Trujillo Diego Ignacio Trujillo Dangond (born June 30, 1960) is a Colombian film and television actor. He is best known for playing Walter Blanco in the Colombian remake of '' Breaking Bad'' called '' Metástasis''. Life and career Trujillo studied at ...

as Armando Koppel (who dies in Season 1) *

Diego Ramos Diego César Ramos (born 29 November 1972) is an Argentine actor. He is best known for his performance as Germán Castillo in the TV series '' Violetta''. Biography Ramos was born in the clinic Marini in Palermo, a quarter of Buenos Aires, t ...

as Miguel Delfino * Víctor Mallarino as PabloOviedo * Valeria Santa as Daniela Koppel *

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as Andrés Koppel *

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as Lucía Quiñónez *

Juan Manuel Gallego ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

as Julián Oviedo *

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as Felicidad Ruíz *

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as Marta Ruíz *

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as Domenica Koppet *

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as Tomás Aguilar *

Rodrigo Guirao Díaz Antonio Rodrigo Guirao Díaz (; born 18 January 1980), known professionally as Rodrigo Guirao, is an Argentine actor. Early life Guirao was born in Vicente López, Buenos Aires. At age 11, he lost his father and from that moment his mother wa ...

as Juan el Jardinero * Juan Carlos Salazar as Carlos Solís * Estefany Escobar as Alejandra Perreta *

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as Leonardo Herrera *

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as Irene Peláez * Tatiana Rentería as Luisa Quiñónez *

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as Cristóbal Quiñónez

Writers and directors

* Production: Buena Vista International Television Latin America * Production Companies: Pol-ka Productions (Argentina) and Vista Productions (Colombia) * Countries: Colombia, Ecuador * Colombian Executive Producers: Jaime Sánchez Cristo and Sofía Vergara * Ecuadorean Executive Producers: Sebastián Corral and Claudia Cárdenas * Direction: Sebastian Pivotto, Martin Desalvo * General Direction: Víctor Mallarino * Executive Production: Diego Andrasnik * Executive Production Buena Vista International Television: Leonardo Aranguibel and Fernando Barbosa

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References

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