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

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produced and broadcast by

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Plot

Sofía Kuncar (

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) is a successful executive, who is promoted to regional manager for

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at the

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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 Jorge Antonio Zabaleta Briceño (born April 18, 1970 in Santiago) is a Chilean actor. He is the son of the musician Antonio Zabaleta and the nephew of Miguel Zabaleta, both members of the duo Red Juniors. Jorge worked in Canal 13 until 20 ...

), a

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. Since her job now requires Sofía to travel constantly between

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, and other U.S. cities and

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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

- Diego Buzzoni *

- 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 *

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- Rocío Leighton, Sofía's mother *

Jaime Vadell Jaime Patricio Vadell Amión (born 6 October 1935) is a Chilean film, theatre and television actor. He is one of the most recognisable faces in Chilean telenovelas and cinema, having played key roles in films directed by Raúl Ruiz, Silvio Caio ...

- Pedro Montenegro, Maximiliano's father *

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- Maximiliano Montenegro, Pedro's son, María Carolina's ex-husband *

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- María Carolina Silva, Maximiliano's ex-wife *

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- Arnoldo Grez * Yamila Reyna - Laura Mazza, Arnoldo's girlfriend *

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- Gino Buzzoni, Diego's father *

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- Carmen Morales, Diego's mother * Catalina Castelblanco - Antonella Buzzoni, Sofía and Diego's elder daughter *

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- Rodrigo Montenegro, Maximiliano's son *

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- Isabel Grez, Arnoldo's daughter *

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- Cristián Grez, Arnoldo's son * Catalina Vallejos - Josefina Egaña, Cristián's girlfriend. * Nicolás Vigneaux - Franco Bilbao, Anita's son * Emilia Burr - Kiara Buzzoni, Sofía and Diego's younger daughter *

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- 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

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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