''Aquí mando yo'' (''International Title:'' I Am The Boss) is a

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produced and broadcast by TVN.

Plot

Sofía Kuncar ( María Elena Swett) is a successful executive, who is promoted to regional manager for

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company where she works. She has two daughters, Antonella ( Catalina Castelblanco) and Chiara ( Emilia Burr), with her ex-husband Diego Buzzoni ( Jorge Zabaleta), a

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. Since her job now requires Sofía to travel constantly between

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, Sofía decides to ask Diego to take care of their daughters. Though Sofía is dating Jorge Camacho ( Cristián Riquelme), her boss, and has been separated from her ex-husband for 4 years, Diego is still in love with her.

Cast

* Jorge Zabaleta - Diego Buzzoni * María Elena Swett - Sofía Kuncar, Diego's ex-wife * Cristián Riquelme - Jorge Camacho, Sofía's boss and boyfriend * Carolina Varleta - Anita Bilbao, Sofía's neighbour and best friend, interested in Diego * Coca Guazzini - Rocío Leighton, Sofía's mother * Jaime Vadell - Pedro Montenegro, Maximiliano's father *

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- Maximiliano Montenegro, Pedro's son, María Carolina's ex-husband * Begoña Basauri - María Carolina Silva, Maximiliano's ex-wife * Rodrigo Muñoz - Arnoldo Grez * Yamila Reyna - Laura Mazza, Arnoldo's girlfriend * Fernando Farías - Gino Buzzoni, Diego's father * Loreto Valenzuela - Carmen Morales, Diego's mother * Catalina Castelblanco - Antonella Buzzoni, Sofía and Diego's elder daughter * Alonso Quintero - Rodrigo Montenegro, Maximiliano's son * Constanza Piccoli - Isabel Grez, Arnoldo's daughter * Hernán Contreras - Cristián Grez, Arnoldo's son * Catalina Vallejos - Josefina Egaña, Cristián's girlfriend. *

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- Franco Bilbao, Anita's son * Emilia Burr - Kiara Buzzoni, Sofía and Diego's younger daughter * Antonella Castagno - Margarita Egaña

Reception

The telenovela was received with successful ratings.Nicolás Figueroa
Éxito de “Aquí mando yo” reactiva la competencia en el bloque vespertino
Terra Chile, 25 September 2011 ''Terra.cl'' claims that this circumstance is "reactivating" the 20:00 weekday timeslot, when as of early 2011 only TVN was broadcasting telenovelas, after Canal 13 pulled off its productions, and that even Mega and

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were considering competing with their own series. The critic at ''queveo.cl'', a website by parents concerned with the media their children consume, praises the acting of Zabaleta and Swett and celebrates the "return" of family-oriented telenovelas.Aquí mando yo
, ''Quéveo.cl'', 7 October 2011

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aqui mando yo 2011 telenovelas 2011 Chilean television series debuts 2012 Chilean television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Televisión Nacional de Chile telenovelas