''La tempestad'' (International translation: ''The Tempest'', dubbed ''The Storm'' by

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) is a 2013 Mexican

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produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre for

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. It is loosely based on the Colombian telenovela '' La Tormenta'', produced by R.T.I. Colombia for

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and

Caracol Televisión Caracol Televisión (known as Caracol and previously as Canal Caracol) is a Colombian free-to-air television network owned by Caracol Medios, a unit of Grupo Valorem. It is one of the leading private TV networks in Colombia, alongside Canal RCN ...

. William Levy and

Ximena Navarrete Jimena "Ximena" Navarrete Rosete (born February 22, 1988) is a Mexican actress, TV host, model and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 2010. She was previously named as Nuestra Belleza México 2009. She is the second Miss Universe from Mexico. ...

star as the protagonists, while Iván Sánchez, Laura Carmine, and

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star as the antagonists.

Cast

Main

* William Levy as Damián Fabré / Michel Fabré *

as Marina Reverte / Magdalena Reverte * Iván Sánchez as Hernán Saldaña *

as Fulgencio Salazar * María Sorté as Beatriz de Reverte *

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as Mercedes Artigas

Secondary

* Nora Salinas as Rebeca *

Manuel Ojeda Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film '' Romancing the Stone''. ...

as Ernesto Contreras *

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as Bagre * Sharis Cid as Candy * Sergio Reynoso as Comandante Robles * Alfonso Iturralde as Padre Tomás Alcántara * Latin Lover as El Oso * Gilberto de Anda as Nereo * Lucero Lander as Delfina Mata de Salazar * Eduardo Liñán as Dr. González * Adalberto Parra as Valdivia * Luis Manuel Ávila as Olinto * Amparo Garrido as Alicia * Fernando Larrañaga as Dr. San Miguel * Malisha Quintana as Mayuya Canseco * Janet Ruiz as Rosario Alcántara * Salvador Ibarra as Lagarto * Fernando Robles as Lara * Francisco Martin as Lolo * José Antonio Ferral as Toribio * Amor Flores as Jazmín "Lucía" Jiménez * Enrique Zepeda as Lázaro Salazar Alcántara * Laura Carmine as Esther "Esthercita" Salazar Mata

Recurring

* Mauricio Hénao as Valentín * René Casados as Claudio Petrone *

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as Úrsula Mata *

Arturo Carmona Arturo Aram Carmona Rodriguez (born 9 July 1976) is a Mexican actor and former footballer. Biography Carmona was born on July 9, 1976, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. He is son of Arturo Carmona and Guadalupe Rodriguez. He has two sibling ...

as José

Guest

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as Herself * Andrés Gutiérrez as Lic. Jacobo Souza * Yessica Salazar as Dr. Antonieta Narváez * Arturo Peniche as Ariel Reverte

Mexico broadcast

On May 13, 2013,

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started broadcasting ''La tempestad'' weeknights at 9:30pm, replacing ''

Amores verdaderos ''Amores Verdaderos'' (English: ''True Love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa and premiered by Canal de las Estrellas in September 2012. It is based on ''Amor en custodia'', previously produced in Colomb ...

''. The last episode was broadcast on October 27, with ''

Lo que la vida me robó ''Lo que la vida me robó'' (English title: ''What Life Took From Me'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa, broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas (now known simply as Las Estrellas). The series originally aired fr ...

'' replacing it the following day. Production of ''La tempestad'' officially started on April 4, 2013.

United States broadcast

On June 11, 2013,

confirmed a July 2013 broadcast of ''La Tempestad''. On July 29, 2013, Univision started broadcasting ''La tempestad'' weeknights at 9pm/8c, replacing ''

''. Just like ''

Qué bonito amor ''Qué bonito amor'' (''International Title'':''Beautiful Love'', ''Literally'':What a Beautiful Love) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alexandre for Televisa that aired on Canal de las Estrellas from October 22, 2012 to June 2 ...

'', Univision aired an abridged version of ''La Tempestad'', heavily editing the episodes to end the telenovela quickly. 80 episodes were broadcast during its run. The last episode was broadcast on November 15, 2013, with ''

'' replacing it on November 18. The European premiere was in

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on channel

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Soundtrack

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
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