It's 19th-century Peru. Lorenzo Robles, a Spanish loyalist, comes home in defeat and finds his brother Paco, an indep...

As independence fever grows, Lorenzo confronts Paco. A reluctant Rosa María agrees to please her family and marry the...

The liberating forces inch closer as Paco continues his anti-imperialist work. Lorenzo's pay is withheld, and his fam...

Family circumstances force Paco to become head of household, but he still helps out a friend. Meanwhile, Rosa María a...

Blas runs away to San Martín's camp while Miguel, still smitten with Rosa María, tries to decide whether to join his ...

As the New Year dawns and San Martín's forces grow, Francisco, the Robles patriarch, makes an important decision. Lor...

Antonia's mother returns, threatening to reveal family secrets. Meanwhile, San Martín's blockade of Lima causes hunge...

Paco grows disillusioned after he and Catalina are assaulted by men claiming to be patriots. Adolfo pivots opportunis...

Paco's parents refuse to accept Catalina, a mixed-race puppeteer. His mother, Josefa, tries to bribe María Mazombé to...

Paco and Lorenzo are appalled to learn the truth about their father. Meanwhile, Doña Constanza overhears a secret fro...

San Martín and the Spanish viceroy try to come to an agreement while Adolfo plots how to avoid going to Spain, where ...

The liberating army enters an empty and starved Lima, where Paco confronts the bandits who attacked him and Catalina....

San Martín deliberates how best to proceed with independence, while Blas and Tadea struggle with their personal liber...

María Mazombé confesses her secret, forcing Paco to confront his mother. Furious that women can't sign the Act of Ind...

Francisco is incensed to learn he's been denounced, and inadvertently crosses Blas. Meanwhile, Teresa steps in to sav...

Catalina is beseeched by Monteagudo's advances while Paco recovers. Meanwhile, Lorenzo contends with Germán's continu...

Francisco comes up with a scheme to pay what he considers an unfair fine. Lorenzo must make a decision to determine h...

Miguel takes dangerous risks to save Francisco, Rosa María's father. Paco considers an offer from San Martín, while A...

Teresa gives birth, bringing joy to the Robles family, except for Rosa María. When Evaristo goes to Justina's, he's s...

Monteagudo grows increasingly obsessed, threatening Paco's political possibilities. Paco's own doubts grow so intense...

San Martín must travel to conference with Simón Bolívar, but he's reluctant to leave Peru in Monteagudo's hands. Lore...

Monteagudo wants to tighten the screws on Lorenzo, while Paco's campaign takes off. Isabel decides to take her reveng...

Monteagudo tells Paco what really happened with Isabel, forcing his hand. San Martín decides to break with tradition ...

Shattered, Lorenzo confronts Teresa, who tells him the truth. Torre Tagle, left to govern Peru while San Martín is aw...

Torre Tagle confronts Monteagudo and the standoff sparks a confession from Rosa. Lorenzo is beside himself and Josefa...

San Martín prepares to leave Peru. Adolfo considers a move too, now that he's a deputy, while Rosa María agonizes abo...

Josefa and Rosa María devise a plot to hide the truth from Adolfo. But Adolfo has his own realization — about none ot...

When Rosa María's moment of truth comes, she sees her mother, Teresa, Paco and Tadea all have her back. But how long ...

Adolfo learns the truth and plots revenge. In the meantime, the royalist forces have fought their way back and the ne...

Adolfo pivots once more, hoping that being a mediator between royalists and patriots will give him an advantage. Lore...

After searching fruitlessly for Rosa María, Paco and Miguel find María Mazombé instead and bring her home. Doña Const...

As Simón Bolívar becomes Peru's new liberator, Paco has to decide where he stands politically. He and Catalina must a...

Francisco makes a catastrophic mistake, and Miguel suggests a solution that, unknown to the Robleses, will bring furt...

Monteagudo returns to Peru and everyone is miserable but Bolívar. As Lorenzo begins to consider a life outside the mi...

In the end, the Robles family endures deaths and births, as well as reconciliations and separations, and adapts to li...