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

Univision Univision () is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television, free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the L ...

) is a 2013 Mexican

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...

produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre for

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. It is loosely based on the

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

n telenovela ''

La Tormenta ''La Tormenta'' (''The Storm'') is a 2005 Colombian telenovela and original story by Humberto "Kiko" Olivieri, produced by RTI Colombia and broadcast by Telemundo. The series stars Natalia Streignard and Christian Meier as the main protagoni ...

'', 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 ...

. William Levy and Ximena Navarrete star as the protagonists, while Iván Sánchez, Laura Carmine, and César Évora star as the antagonists.

Cast

Main

* William Levy as Damián Fabré / Michel Fabré * Ximena Navarrete as Marina Reverte / Magdalena Reverte * Iván Sánchez as Hernán Saldaña * César Évora as Fulgencio Salazar *

María Sorté María Sorté (born María Harfuch Hidalgo

as Beatriz de Reverte *

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as Mercedes Artigas

Secondary

* Nora Salinas as Rebeca * Manuel Ojeda as Ernesto Contreras * Alejandro Ibarra 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 * Mariana Seoane as Úrsula Mata * Arturo Carmona as José

Guest

* La Sonora Santanera 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,

Canal de las Estrellas Las Estrellas () is a Mexican television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. Its first official broadcast took place on 21 March 1951. It airs free-to-air through affiliate stations throughout Mexico, based on XEW-TDT in Mexico City. It is co ...

started broadcasting ''La tempestad'' weeknights at 9:30pm, replacing '' Amores verdaderos''. The last episode was broadcast on October 27, with '' Lo que la vida me robó'' 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 '' Amores verdaderos''. 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 22 October 2012, to 2 J ...

'', 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 '' Lo que la vida me robó'' replacing it on November 18. The European premiere was in

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on channel POP TV.

Soundtrack

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tempestad, La Televisa telenovelas 2013 telenovelas 2013 Mexican television series debuts 2013 Mexican television series endings Mexican television series based on Colombian television series Spanish-language telenovelas