Pasión de gavilanes

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Pasión de Gavilanes ("Passion of Hawks") was a popular Colombian telenovela (soap opera) that ran for 188 episodes, from 2003 to 2004. Written by Julio Jimenez, it was produced by RTI Colombia in conjunction with the Telemundo network. In Colombia, it was broadcasted by Caracol TV.

The serial was so popular that it had two runs (one in primetime and one in daytime) in the United States on NBC-owned Telemundo. It has also had runs in over 100 countries—from Argentina to Romania to the Philippines (as Pasión de Amor)—and is considered one of the most successful serials ever made. Pasión de Gavilanes helped establish RTI Colombia as a major force in the U.S. telenovela market. It also helped to launch several actors to stardom including Michel Brown of Argentina, Juan Alfonso Baptista of Venezuela, Natasha Klauss of Colombia and Mario Cimarro of Cuba. The majority of actors from this novela would appear in other subsequent serials—Te Voy a Enseñar a Querer (2004) and La mujer en el espejo (2004) and later on Amores de Mercado (2007) and La Traición (2008) —all also produced by RTI Colombia & Telemundo. All serials aired on Telemundo can be viewed with English subtitles by setting your television's menu options to Closed Captioning channel CC3 or C3.']

The plot centered around the three Reyes brothers, Juan, Franco and Oscar (played by Mario Cimarro, Michel Brown, and Juan Alfonso Baptista). Gabriela is the wife of a rich ranch owner and her husband had been having an affair with the Reyes brothers' younger sister- Libia (played by Ana Lucía Domínguez). Libia fell in love with him and when the old hacienda owner died, she committed suicide. The Reyes brothers put the blame of the death of their sister with the Elizondo household and plot revenge with them by pretending to be construction workers/house makers in their hacienda. The Reyes brothers unexpectedly fall for the three daughters, Norma, Sarita and Jimena (played by Danna Garcia, Natasha Klauss, and Paola Rey) of the wealthy widow Gabriela Elizondo (played by veteran actress Kristina Lilley), who owns a neighboring hacienda. The plot reaches a climax when Gabriela marries a very dangerous suitor, and a former son-in-law, Fernando Escandón(Juan Pablo Shuk). He manages to alienate Gabriela's family, virtually take control of the estate, and spend much of her money on gambling and raucous living. Gabriela refuses to see the truth until it is too late and she soon finds herself in grave danger. The Reyes brothers must then take action.