Repaso de Destinos, Episodios 1-24
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¿Roberto?
3. ¿dónde vive? 4. ¿de dónde es? 5. famila/novio 6.¿ vivo u muerto?
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II. Explica BREVEMENTE lo que pasó en cada país usando verbos en el pretértito.
1. México:
3. la Argentina:
2. España:
4. Puerto Rico
The Beginning: In a large estate called La Gavia outside Mexico City, a very old Don Fernando has been keeping a secret for some
time: he received a letter, from one Señora Teresa Suárez of Seville, Spain, stating that his first wife, Rosario, did not die in
the Spanish Civil War as he had thought.
Fernando's (unspecified) medical problems are increasing, however, and when he starts seeing hallucinations of Rosario he finally
decides to act. He gathers his entire extended family, which includes the families of his children, Juan, Carlos, Ramon, and
Mercedes,together and explains to them that he wants to find out what happened to Rosario, who was pregnant when they lost
contact. His brother Pedro hires Raquel, a lawyer of his acquaintance, to investigate.
Spain Arc: Raquel first travels to Seville to meet Sra. Suárez. She meets and spends time with family members, son Miguel, and Sra.
Suarez' grandson Jaime, and soon learns from them that Sra. Suárez has since moved to Madrid and won't talk by telephone. Raquel
travels to Madrid; after a comic mix-up of identities and hotel rooms, where she is thought to be the winner of the Spanish lottery,
she then meets Sra. Suárez's son and is taken to see Sra. Suárez. She learns that Rosario has moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina and is
given the address from Rosario's last letter. She also learns that Rosario had likewise thought Fernando had died in the war and that
Rosario and Fernando have a son named Angel. In parting, Sra. Suárez's last words to Raquel prove prophetic: "Life is not all work:
you also need to dedicate some time to your heart!"
Argentina Arc: Raquel then travels to Argentina to search for Rosario. When she finds that Rosario no longer lives at the address on
the letter Sra. Suárez gave her (the Estancia Santa Susana, a real tourist ranch near Buenos Aires), she follows a lead from a
local gaucho, happens upon the office of psychiatrist Dr. Arturo Iglesias, and soon finds out he is Angel's half-brother and a son of
Rosario. Arturo takes Raquel to the family crypt, and there, Raquel discovers that Rosario had actually died. For years, Arturo has
been estranged from Angel, whom he blamed for his father's deadly heart attack. Arturo and Raquel begin a long search for
acquaintances of Angel in his last known location, an Italian sea port neighborhood of Buenos Aires called La Boca. Armed only with
a 20-year old picture, they eventually find an outgoing old sailor named Héctor Condotti who remembers his good friend Angel.
After several days, during which Raquel and Arturo start to develop a romance, Héctor produces a letter with Angel's address in San
Juan, Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico Arc: Raquel then flies to San Juan and goes to the address in Old San Juan. From a neighbor, Raquel finds out that Angel
died only a few months ago and had a wife who died several years before. While photographing the grave of Angel, Raquel runs into
Angel's daughter, Angela. Raquel tells Angela the whole story, including that she has a grandfather in Mexico and Uncle in Argentina
she's never heard of. Raquel also finds out that Angela has a brother, Roberto, living in Mexico. Angela's stern aunt Olga doesn't
want her to travel to Mexico with Raquel, but after a trip to see her grandmother in San Germán, her grandmother gives her blessing
to travel. Along the two-hour trip to San Germán, they have car trouble and must stay overnight in Ponce.
Finally, we meet Angela's boyfriend and nauseating mujeriego ("womanizer"), Jorge. He makes several clumsy passes at Raquel. A
mild fight between Raquel and Angela ensues; not because Raquel tells Angela about the passes (she decides not to based on advice
from her mother), but because Angela thinks the world of him and wants to give him a significant amount of money to start a
theater. Nonetheless, Raquel and Angela are about to travel together to Mexico when they learn that Angela's brother Roberto has
been trapped in an archaeological excavation in Mexico.