Cosita Rica
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Cosita Rica was a Venezuela
n telenovela
that was produced by and seen on Venevisión
. This telenovela lasted 270 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International
.
Paula and Diego meet again and during the week they spend together, their lives change forever. Diego promises Paula to cancel his engagement to Vicky and they both agree to meet in New York one month after to start a new life.
When Paula arrives at the airport of NYC, she sees how an old and weak man can’t manage the luggage he carries, so Paula decides to help him. When they are about to cross the immigration line, the authorities discover drugs inside the old man’s luggage that Paula is holding, but the man has disappeared and Paula is sent to jail for five years. Paula cannot get in touch with Diego to explain him the situation. Diego is waiting to meet her in New York and as she never comes, he goes back to Caracas to look for her lover desperate without any success.
Today, five years later, Paula leaves jail. She wants to recover her life and to revenge the man who destroyed her future. She starts working as makeup girl. One day, she is hired to make up a bride. This is the day when she reencounters Diego, who is going to get married. The impact is mutual. But there’s nothing to do. It’s too late.
The day of the wedding, Diego’s father dies unexpectedly and the worst comes when he finds out that he is not the heir. Olegario Pérez, the bastard son of Diego’s father, will manage the holding. From one day to another, Olegario Pérez will become one of the most powerful executives of the country. The worst comes when Olegario meets Paula by chance and he falls in love with her. Olegario asks Diego to help him conquer a woman. Without knowing that the woman is Paula, Diego helps his stepbrother writing love letters, choosing the flowers, the restaurants and the presents for him. Paula starts falling in love with him and she accepts to get marry to Olegario.
A duel begins for the love of Paula between the two brothers.
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
that was produced by and seen on Venevisión
Venevisión
Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...
. This telenovela lasted 270 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International
Venevisión International
Venevisíon International is a global television network which broadcasts Spanish content in the United States and in other locations around the globe....
.
Synopsis
Paula, the most popular girl of the neighborhood, dreams of becoming a dancer. The day she meets Diego Luján, the young heir of a cosmetic holding, she can’t stop thinking of him. Diego is about to get married with the famous model Vicky Cárdenas. But destiny is going to play its cards and the sudden encounter between Paula and Diego turns into a love story.Paula and Diego meet again and during the week they spend together, their lives change forever. Diego promises Paula to cancel his engagement to Vicky and they both agree to meet in New York one month after to start a new life.
When Paula arrives at the airport of NYC, she sees how an old and weak man can’t manage the luggage he carries, so Paula decides to help him. When they are about to cross the immigration line, the authorities discover drugs inside the old man’s luggage that Paula is holding, but the man has disappeared and Paula is sent to jail for five years. Paula cannot get in touch with Diego to explain him the situation. Diego is waiting to meet her in New York and as she never comes, he goes back to Caracas to look for her lover desperate without any success.
Today, five years later, Paula leaves jail. She wants to recover her life and to revenge the man who destroyed her future. She starts working as makeup girl. One day, she is hired to make up a bride. This is the day when she reencounters Diego, who is going to get married. The impact is mutual. But there’s nothing to do. It’s too late.
The day of the wedding, Diego’s father dies unexpectedly and the worst comes when he finds out that he is not the heir. Olegario Pérez, the bastard son of Diego’s father, will manage the holding. From one day to another, Olegario Pérez will become one of the most powerful executives of the country. The worst comes when Olegario meets Paula by chance and he falls in love with her. Olegario asks Diego to help him conquer a woman. Without knowing that the woman is Paula, Diego helps his stepbrother writing love letters, choosing the flowers, the restaurants and the presents for him. Paula starts falling in love with him and she accepts to get marry to Olegario.
A duel begins for the love of Paula between the two brothers.
Cast
- Fabiola Colmenares as Paola Chacon
- Rafael NovoaRafael NovoaRafael Angel Novoa is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during two seasons at the major league level for the San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee Brewers. He was drafted by the Giants in the 9th round of the 1989 amateur draft...
as Diego Lujan - Chiquinquirá DelgadoChiquinquirá DelgadoMaría Chiquinquirá Delgado Díaz is a TV host, model, and actress. She is currently the host of ¡Despierta América!, the morning show on the Univision network in the United States...
as Vicky Cardenas - Gledys Ibarra as Patria Mía
- Carlos Cruz as Olegario Pérez
- María Alejandra MartínMaría Alejandra MartínMaríalejandra Martín Castillo is a Venezuelan actress. She is internationally known from her role of Ana María Pérez, sentimental mother of Juana Pérez , in the Coral International telenovela Juana la Virgen...
as Lara Santana - Aroldo Betancourt as Vicente Santana
- Elba Escobar as Concordia
- Nohely Arteaga as Tiffany Cruz
- Daniel AlvaradoDaniel AlvaradoDaniel Alvarado is Venezuelan actor. He has been married three times. He has two sons from his first marriage, Daniel and Luis. From second marriage with Carmen Julia Álvarez , he has a daughter Daniela and son Carlos Daniel...
as Lisandro Fonseca - Marisa Roman as Verónica Luján & María Suspiro
- Édgar RamírezEdgar RamirezÉdgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano is a Venezuelan actor. He played Carlos in the 2010 French-German biopic series Carlos, a role for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor at the César Awards 2011. He also played "Paz", a CIA assassin in the movie The Bourne Ultimatum.Ramírez...
as El Cacique - Tania Sarabia as Mamasanta
- Carlos Villamizar as Placido Chacón
- Lourdes Valera as La Chata
- Roberto Lamarca as Diómedes Crespo
- Beatriz ValdésBeatriz ValdésBeatriz Valdés Fidalgo is a Cuban-Venezuelan actress.She was born in Cuba, where she studied drama and worked as an actress before she arrived to Venezuela as a guest at the Cinema Interamerican Forum in 1989...
as Prodigio Vargas - Ricardo Bianchi as Rodolfo Lima
- Juan Carlos Vivas as Rosendo
- Franklin VirgüezFranklin VirgüezFranklin José Virgüez Dun is a Venezuelan actor.His comic roles are very popular, and he currently lives in Miami.-Filmography:*Domingo de resurrección *Cangrejo *Homicidio culposo *La casa de agua...
as Nicomedes Luján - Rebeca Aleman as Nefertiti
- Marina Baura as Tentación Lujan (2004)
- Maria Antonieta Castillo as Wendy
- Yanis Chimaras as Juancho (2004)
- Guillermo DávilaGuillermo DávilaGuillermo Dávila is a Venezuelan actor and singer who has acted in many telenovelas.After starting his career in theatre in the 1970s, Dávila first gained national fame in a telenovela called Ligia Elena, becoming famous internationally in 1983, when he starred in its sequel, Nacho, for...
as Gastón (2004) - Elisa Escámez as Altagracia
- Ana Karina Manco as Camila (2004)
- Liliana Meléndez as Carmen
- Zair Montes as Dulce Chacón
- Johana Morales as Franelita
- Beba Rojas as Panchita (2004)
- Yván Romero as El Pegao
- Mariangel RuizMariangel RuizMariángel Ruiz Torrealba is a Venezuelan show hostees, actress and fashion model...
as Alegría Mendez - Ana María Simón as Dra. Lucy Bonilla
- Henry Soto as Benancio (2004)
- José Manuel Suárez as Nixon
- Roque Valero as Cachito
- Beatriz Vázquez as Sagrario
- Josué Villae as Guillermo
- Andreína Yépez as Melao
External links
- Cosita Rica at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...