Simón gets an unconventional tutor, who proves to be a kindred spirit. Carlos uses slave Matea as a bargaining chip to get ownership of family property.
After losing his students and attracting suspicion, Rodríguez realizes he must flee. The other members of the cause attempt their heist of the garrison.
While rescuing Matea from the violent slaveowner she was sold to, María Teresa contracts a tropical fever. María Antonia finds herself falling in love.
Simón's political views begin to rub his Parisian friends the wrong way, and Rodríguez gives him some frank advice. María Antonia becomes pregnant.
Simón begs Dr. O'Neil to cure María Teresa. Determined to visit his wife in Caracas, Pablo Clemente hops on a horse-and-wagon and takes off.
His assets seized by the Spanish, Simón arrives penniless in Cartagena and joins the New Granada Army. A royalist soldier tries to seduce Manuelita.
Determined to return to Venezuela and face Gen. Monteverde, Simón leads his army on a bloody journey back to Caracas. A husband is found for Manuelita.
Simón sends Dionisio and Sgt. Luciano D'Elhuyar to Monteverde's camp to propose a prisoner exchange. Manuelita is reunited with painter Rafael.
Simón tries to convince Gen. Páez, from Venezuela's unfamiliar plains region, to unite their complementary armies. An old flame tracks down Simón.
After the victory in Valencia, Simón and Gen. Miranda disagree over what their next move should be. Bad news arrives from overseas. Dionisio returns.
When a Cartegena colonel refuses to give him weapons, Simón resigns and goes to Jamaica. Manuelita devises a plan to free a prominent prisoner of war.
Gen. Morillo learns Simón is in Jamaica and puts a price on his head. Manuelita receives an unexpected visit from Fausto, the royalist who seduced her.
Dr. Thorne tries to keep Manuelita on a short leash, and gets in trouble with a loan shark. Simón's army suffers greatly while crossing the mountains.
Pepita forces Simón to take a hard look at the condition of his soldiers. Santander and Felisa grow closer, to her father's great displeasure.
This dramatization depicts the life -- and loves -- of Venezuelan Gen. Simón Bolívar who helped liberate several Latin American countries from Spain.
This dramatization depicts the life -- and loves -- of Venezuelan Gen. Simón Bolívar who helped liberate several Latin American countries from Spain.
This dramatization depicts the life -- and loves -- of Venezuelan Gen. Simón Bolívar who helped liberate several Latin American countries from Spain.
Simón begins his training at the military academy and meets his instructors, while the rest of his family realize their limits without a Spanish title.