''La Traición'' (''Betrayed'') is a Colombian-American

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co-produced by United States-based

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and

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debuted this serial on January 7, 2008, replacing ''

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''. This show is also known as ''Betrayed''. ''Traición'' is based on the Colombian novel ''El Caballero de Rauzán'', written in 1887 by Felipe Pérez. RTI Colombia made another adaptation of the story in 2000, titled ''Rauzán''. As with most of its soap operas,

broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3. Filming in

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, began in late October, 2007. BTV started to air this telenovela on August 26, 2008 in

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started to air this telenovela on January 26, 2009 in

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will start to air this novela on August 31, 2009 in

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Story

This romantic saga features Hugo de Medina, a handsome, mysterious swordsman, with a reputation as a womanizer. His life crashes around him when he finds he suffers from

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, an incurable condition marked by loss of voluntary motion. The same disease felled his father years before. This dashing young man meets Soledad de Obregon, a gorgeous, refined girl and the two are bound together by sudden passion, though matters are complicated by Hugo's desire to hide his infirmity. As the adoring couple prepares to marry, tragedy strikes again. Hugo's sinister brother, Alcides, who has always been in love with Soledad, betrays him and steals his betrothed. The rest of the telenovela deals with first Hugo's quest for vengeance and then his attempts to regain the trust and love of Soledad.

Production notes

This telenovela was originally announced with

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and

Gabriel Porras Gabriel Porras (born Carlos Gabriel Porras Flores, February 13, 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He began his acting career working for TV Azteca in telenovelas like "Tres Veces Sofia" along with Mexican diva Lucía Méndez and " ...

as stars.

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replaced Echeverría and

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replaced Porras, who took the male lead in ''

''. Telemundo began airing ads promoting this show in September, before filming began. It apparently shortened the series from the original plan of 130 to 106 episodes. Telemundo also took a shot at rival network

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by having

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appear in first-run episodes of this show, while Univision aired ''

Al Diablo con los Guapos ''Al diablo con los guapos'' (English title: ''Down with the Beautiful'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa. It aired on Canal de las Estrellas from October 8, 2007 to June 6, 2008. It is a remake of Argentini ...

'' from 2007. This highlights that the competition rebroadcasts serials that already aired in Mexico several months ago, while

usually airs original programming.

is thus one of the few soap performers to appear on competing US networks at the same time.

Cast

International releases

References

External links

* (Spanish)
Telenovela World
(bilingual)

(Spanish with English subtitles)
Telenovela La Traición Tribute Site
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