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Love stories of Colombia

The land of García Márquez and of the telenovelas the whole world copied. From Florentino and Fermina in Cartagena to Betty and Armando, Colombia writes love like no one else.

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The land of García Márquez and of the telenovelas the whole world copied. From Florentino and Fermina in Cartagena to Betty and Armando, Colombia writes love like no one else.

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Simón Bolívar & Manuela Sáenz
Independence wars · 1822–1830

Simón Bolívar & Manuela Sáenz

The Liberator of the Liberator

The Quito-born revolutionary who left her husband to fight and love alongside the Liberator, saved his life in 1828, and earned the title "Liberator of the Liberator."

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Florentino Ariza & Fermina Daza
Colombia · García Márquez, 1985

Florentino Ariza & Fermina Daza

Fifty-one years, nine months and four days

Florentino's wait for Fermina is fixed by the novel itself: fifty-one years, nine months and four days, until he declares his love again at her husband's funeral.

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Betty & Armando
Colombia · "Yo soy Betty, la fea", 1999

Betty & Armando

The most successful telenovela in history

The "ugly," brilliant secretary Beatriz Pinzón and her boss Armando Mendoza: the love story that defies appearances and that the whole world adopted.

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Colombia · "Café con aroma de mujer", 1994

Gaviota & Sebastián

Love across classes in the coffee country

The coffee-picker and the plantation heir: a love across classes that became the most-watched telenovela in Colombian history and was reborn on Netflix in 2021.

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Juan & Norma
Colombia · "Pasión de gavilanes", 2003

Juan & Norma

Passion, revenge and three brothers

The Reyes brother who approaches Norma Elizondo to avenge his sister and ends up hopelessly in love: the most scorching telenovela of the new millennium.

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New Granada · executed 14 November 1817

Policarpa Salavarrieta & Alejo Sabaraín

La Pola and her love, shot for independence

The seamstress and patriot spy known as "La Pola" and Alejo Sabaraín, the soldier she loved: the incriminating papers found on him gave her away, and the Royalists shot them on the same day, making them martyrs of Colombian independence.

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What are the great Colombian love stories?

Some of the greatest are Simón Bolívar & Manuela Sáenz, Florentino Ariza & Fermina Daza, Betty & Armando.

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