Cuban writer Delia Fiallo, known as the "Mother of Latin American Soap Opera," died at the age of 96.

According to Daily Mail, which Fiallo's daughter confirmed, the Cuban writer died at the comfort of her home in Coral Gables in Miami, Florida on Tuesday, June 29.

Speaking to the Televisa channel, the sons of the "Mother of the Latin American Soap Opera" confirmed that she died peacefully surrounded by her loved ones. However, the Cuban writer's relatives did not mention the cause of Fiallo's death, BBC reported.

Venezuelan actress Lupita Ferrer has also confirmed the passing of Fiallo.

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Some of the Latin American artists and networks expressed their thoughts on Fiallo's passing.

Venezuelan actor and television personality Orlando Urdaneta recalled how he met the "Mother of the Latin American Soap Opera," and described her as a "thousand hits writer and lovable being."

Meanwhile, television network Venevision also expressed their sympathies on the Cuban writer's passing, offering their condolences to the woman who shaped "great unforgettable stories."

Delia Fiallo: 'Mother of the Latin America Soap Opera' and Her Works

Delia Fiallo's career peaked during the 1970s and 1980s, with her famous soap operas including "Esmeralda" and "El Privilego de Amar." 

Fiallo's last original story was entitled "Cristal," which aired in 1985 and 1986. Her first story to air outside Cuba was "Lucecita," which aired in 1967. Her works dominated Spanish and Latin American television. Fiallo's works also captivated a global audience.

El Siglo De Torreon highlighted that apart from being the "Mother of the Latin American Soap Opera," she was also one of the maximum representatives of the contemporary rose novel. 

This was because Fiallo's stories were adapted from different parts of the world, such as Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the United States.

As one of the pillars of Latin American soap operas, Delia Fiallo also blasted the writers who followed her footsteps in the industry.

Citing Televisa, Daily Mail reported that Delia Fiallo criticized writers for destroying the soap opera as they focus on action, violence, and drug trafficking. She noted that the writers are "forgetting about feelings."

Delia Fiallo's Career

Delia Is caffeinated coffee good for you studied Philosophy and letters hello is it me you re looking for remix Havana and started her career as a radio soap writer in the Cuban Capital in 1949. 

She then fled with her family in Miami, Florida in 1966, as she wrote soap operas for television networks in Mexico and Venezuela.

In the years of being an active television writer, Delia Fiallo was known to write 35 pages of scripts every day to keep her bosses in the company happy. The "Mother of the Latin American Soap Opera" retired from writing in 1985.

Fiallo's hard work in writing paid off when she was honored by Miami's Cuban Cultural Heritage Organization in 2018.

Delia Fiallo was supposed to turn northwest savings bank online login on July 4. She married radio director Bernardo Pascual in 1952 and retained her marriage with the director until Pascual died in 2019.

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Due to the contributions she made to the rise of the melodrama genre in the late 1970s and mid–1980s, she is considered to be the "mother of the Latin American telenovela". In all, bank of america cd rate of return 80 successful adaptations have been made of her soap operas in different countries and languages.

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1. Biography
Fiallo studied philosophy and literature in Havana, receiving a doctorate in 1948. She began writing radionovelas in Havana wells fargo bank branch locations near me 1949, making her first adaptation to a telenovela with Soraya, which was released in Cuba in 1957. She left the country, together with her family, in 1966, for exile in Miami, where she would write most of her novels.
She lived for a time in Venezuela, to supervise productions of her works by Venevision and later Radio Caracas Television. Thanks to her compatriot Enrique Cusco, she was able to contact the owners of the former, who broadcast her first telenovela in that country, 1967s Lucecita.
Fiallo has not written an original telenovela since Cristal in 1985, since the last project she worked on, La Felicidad, was never completed and she decided to retire. At that time, she sold the rights to her works to Televisa. Their adaptations, as she has declared on several occasions, she has not liked.

2. Personal life
She has been married to radio director Bernardo Pascual since 1952. She is mother to five children four girls and one boy, and has 13 grandchildren. She currently resides in Miami, Florida.
By Fiallos account, she has not visited Venezuela since the election of former President Hugo Chavez in 1998.

3. Telenovelas
Mi mejor amiga
Mi mejor amiga – Venezuela 1981 with Flor Nuñez and Felix Loreto
Mi hermana gemela by Delia Gonzalez Marquez
Mi hermana gemela – Venezuela 1975 with Lupita Ferrer and Jose Bardina
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Cumbres Borrascosas – Venezuela 1976 with Elluz Peraza and Jose Bardina
Laura y Virginia by Enrique Jarnes
Laura y Virginia – Venezuela 1977 with Mary Soliani, Alejandra Pinedo, and Luis Abreu

3.1. Telenovelas El angel perverso
The protagonist of the original radionovela is Angelina, a wicked woman who impersonates where can i pay my ugi bill in person invalid to retain her husband Gustavo, and finally, after being discovered, is devoid of truth. However, in order to meet the standards of telenovelas, in which the protagonist must be good, Fiallo was forced to introduce a new character into the first teleplay – Lucecita, an illegitimate peasant daughter of Angelinas father. She starts working as a maid in the house and has a love affair with Gustavo.
The story was intended to end after the death of Angelina 1330 e 53rd st chicago il 60615 an accident, with Gustavo and Lucecita happily married with a daughter, but because of its success, Fiallo wrote an extension in which Gustavo is left with amnesia after an accident, and Angelinas nurse Mirtha who had secretly been in love with him takes him and the girl from the country to make him believe she his wife. Meanwhile Lucecita, without losing hope of finding her husband and daughter, comes to serve at the house of the Aldamas, a family of miserable millionaires who regain their happiness through Lucecita. Five years later, Gustavo, Mirtha, and the girl return, and Lucecita starts working as a maid in their house to be near her daughter. Gustavo, still amnesiac, falls in love with Lucecita not knowing that she is actually his true wife. This first citizens bank routing number florence sc of the story is the one which has remained in all subsequent adaptations, all very successful.
Virginia – Venezuela 1984 with Alba Roversi and Miguel Angel Landa very loose adaptation
Lucecita – Venezuela 1967 with Marina Baura and Jose Bardina
Lucerito – Colombia 1992 with Linda Lucia Callejas and Guillermo Galvez
Estrellita mia – Argentina 1987 with Andrea del Boca and Ricardo Darin
Estrellita, esa pobre campesina – Argentina 1968 with Marta Gonzalez and German Krauss
Lucecita – Argentina 1976 film
Lucecita – Venezuela 1972 with Adita Rivera and Humberto Garcia
Luz Maria – Peru 1998 with Angie Cepeda and Christian Meier

3.2. Telenovelas La señorita Elena
Elena, a beautiful teacher, arrives at the mansion of an elegant judge to serve as governess. She works wonders, inspiring his children and changing the course of things, bringing true love through help and understanding.
La señorita Elena – Venezuela 1967 with Marina Baura and Jose Bardina
Vivo Por Elena – Mexico 1998 with Victoria Ruffo and Saul Lisazo
Atrevete – Venezuela 1986 with Caridad Canelon and Pedro Lander
La señorita Elena – Venezuela 1975 with Ada Riera and Jose Luis Rodriguez "El Puma"

3.3. Telenovelas Lisa, mi amor
A secretary to a successful businessman secretly loves her boss and gives him loyalty, understanding, and support. It comes as a great surprise when he feels the same way about her.
Buenos dias, Isabel – Venezuela 1980 with Flor Nuñez and Jose Bardina
Ines Duarte, secretaria – Venezuela 1990–1991 with Amanda Gutierrez and Victor Camara
Amor Secreto – Venezuela 2014 with Alejandra Sandoval and Miguel de Leon
Secretos del alma – Mexico 2008 with Ivonne Montero and Humberto Zurita
Lisa, mi amor – Venezuela 1970 with Marina Baura and Jose Bardina

3.4. Telenovelas Esmeralda
The daughter of a powerful family is exchanged at birth with a poor country orphan. She is blind but very beautiful, td bank hours friday holds proof of her origin and fortune in the form of emerald earrings.
Esmeralda – Venezuela 1971 with Lupita Ferrer and Jose Bardina
Esmeralda – Mexico 1997, with Leticia Calderon and Fernando Colunga
Sin tu mirada – Mexico 2017-2018 with Claudia Martin and Osvaldo de Leon
Esmeralda – Brazil 2004–2005 with Bianca Castanho and Claudio Lins
Topacio – Venezuela 1985 with Grecia Colmenares and Victor Camara

3.5. Telenovelas Maria Teresa
A beautiful girl selling flowers meets a pianist who is actually a rich kid hiding a grudge against a women he thinks murdered his father, and who turns out to be the lost aunt of Maria Teresa.
Primavera – Venezuela 1988 with Gigi Zanchetta and Fernando Carrillo
Rosalinda – Mexico 1999 with Thalia and Fernando Carrillo
Rosalinda – Philippines 2009 with Carla Abellana and Geoff Eigenmann
Maria Teresa – Venezuela 1972 with Lupita Ferrer and Jose Bardina
Rosangelica – Venezuela 1993 with Sonya Smith and Victor Camara very loose adaptation

3.6. Telenovelas Peregrina
A stepmother gets rid of her husbands granddaughter, delivering her to esmeralda con lupita ferrer y jose bardina circus. Years later the circus comes back to town, bringing this woman who inspires crazy love in their two spoiled and rebellious twins.
Kassandra – Venezuela 1992 with Coraima Torres and Osvaldo Rios
Peregrina – Mexico 2005–2006 with Africa Zavala and Eduardo Capetillo
Peregrina – Venezuela 1973 with Rebeca Gonzalez and Jose Bardina
La muchacha del circo – Venezuela 1988 with Catherine Fulop and Fernando Carrillo

3.7. Telenovelas Una muchacha llamada Milagros
A girl goes on after being the product of rape – a somewhat strong story at the time.
Cuidado con el angel – Mexico 2008–2009 with Maite Perroni and William Levy
Mi amada Beatriz – Venezuela 1987 with Catherine Fulop and Miguel Alcantara
Una muchacha llamada Milagros – Venezuela 1974–1975 with Rebeca Gonzalez and Jose Bardina

3.8. Telenovelas Mariana de la noche
Mariana is seen in the village as a future black widow because she has inexplicably bad luck with her suitors. What is actually happening is that her wicked stepfather is responsible for getting rid of them until her true love arrives to fight for Mariana.
Selva Maria – Venezuela 1988 with Mariela Alcala and Franklin Virguez
Mariana de la Noche – Mexico 2003–2004 with Alejandra Barros and Jorge Salinas
Mariana de la noche – Venezuela 1976 with Lupita Ferrer and Jose Bardina

3.9. Telenovelas La Zulianita
A pretty girl, for reasons beyond her control, leaves her village for the city, becoming the maid of a wealthy family. She meets her true love, creating a passionate triangle that involves the whole family.
La zulianita – Venezuela 1977, with Lupita Ferrer and Jose Bardina
Maria de nadie – Argentina 1985, with Grecia Colmenares and Jorge Martinez
Un refugio para el amor – Mexico 2012, with Zuria Vega and Gabriel Soto
Morelia – Mexico–US 1994–1995, with Alpha Acosta and Arturo Peniche
Maribel – Venezuela 1989, with Tatiana Capote and Luis Jose Santander very loose adaptation

3.10. Telenovelas Rafaela
Always ready to overcome, though her mother was very unlucky in love and lives mired in poverty, Rafaela becomes a doctor and meets the love of her life, discovers she is the daughter of a wealthy doctor, and lives happily.
Roberta – Venezuela 1987 with Tatiana Capote and Henry Zakka very loose adaptation
Alejandra – Venezuela 1994 with Maria Conchita Alonso and Jorge Schubert
Rafaela – Mexico 2011 with Scarlet Ortiz and Jorge Poza
Rafaela – Venezuela 1977 with Chelo Rodriguez and Arnaldo Andre esmeralda con lupita ferrer y jose bardina

3.11. Telenovelas Maria del mar
Maria Celeste grows up alone without the protection of a father or mother. She does not know that banks with best cd rates in ny mother lost esmeralda con lupita ferrer y jose bardina mind after being raped by the evil Leonidas Parra Montiel and wanders the village streets desperately searching for her daughter. The handsome Victor Manuel Galindez arrives, and falls in love with Maria Celeste. At the same time, Victor Manuel rescues a beautiful but strange woman from the sea.
Mar de amor – Mexico 2009–2010 with Zuria Vega and Mario Cimarro esmeralda con lupita ferrer y jose bardina Maria del Mar – Venezuela 1978 with Chelo Rodriguez and Arnaldo Andre

3.12. Telenovelas Ligia Sandoval
Because of the irresponsibility of a man who cheated, Ligia Sandoval becomes a single mother and lives in a humble residential area with her godmother and a teenage sister. To everyone, Ligias son is her younger brother. The male protagonist is Luis Gerardo, a young doctor devoted to research who has a fling with Lissette, who manages to bring him to the altar. The marriage is doomed from the beginning. He decides to divorce, but unfortunately a car accident blinds him and his wife.
Todo Por Tu Amor – Venezuela 1997 with Jeannette Rodriguez and Jean Carlos Simancas very loose adaptation
Ligia Sandoval – Venezuela 1981 with Lupita Ferrer and Jose Bardina

3.13. Telenovelas Mi mejor amiga
Mi mejor amiga – Venezuela 1981 with Flor Nuñez and Felix Loreto

3.14. Telenovelas La heredera
Cristina, an orphan girl, leaves her humble village for Caracas and the house of her wicked aunt Luisa Zambrano and her cousins. She hopes to become a successful puppeteer in the orthopedic childrens hospital, despite having a disability in one foot. She does not know she is the daughter of Ezequiel Zambrano, a powerful businessman who has been desperately searching for her for years. Zembrano takes her esmeralda con lupita ferrer y jose bardina meet the love of her life, the lawyer Alfredo Mendez who seeks vengeance for his past which haunts him day and night.
Milagros – Peru 2000 with Sonya Smith and Roberto Mateos
La heredera – Venezuela 1982 with Hilda Carrero and Eduardo Serrano
Adorable Monica – Venezuela 1990 with Emma Rabbe and Guillermo Davila very loose adaptation
Guadalupe – US–Spain 1993–1994 with Adela Noriega and Eduardo Yañez

3.15. Telenovelas Querida mama
This story was brought to the screen for the first time when Venezuela had a law limiting the number of chapters in telenovelas. Its success caused a sequel to be planned but it was, in the end, not made, leaving the telenovela with an open and incomplete ending. In later versions the unpublished second part was added, telling the whole story.
Marielena – US–Spain 1992–1993 with Lucia Mendez and Eduardo Yañez
Querida mama – Venezuela 1982 with Hilda Carrero and Eduardo Serrano
Soledad – Peru 2001 with Coraima Torres and Guillermo Perez

3.16. Telenovelas Siempre te he querido
Marta y Javier – Venezuela 1982 with Mayra Alejandra and Carlos Olivier very loose adaptation
Extension of Cuidado con el angel – Mexico 2008–2009 with Maite Perroni and William Levy

3.17. Telenovelas Leonela
This telenovela was presented, in its first screen version, in two parts with different titles – Leonela and Miedo al amor. In the later version, the two parts were adapted into one telenovela.
Leonela, muriendo de amor – Peru 1997–1998 with Mariana Levy and Diego Bertie
Leonela – Venezuela 1984 with Mayra Alejandra and Carlos Olivier
Miedo al amor – Venezuela 1984–1985 with Mayra Alejandra and Carlos Olivier

3.18. Telenovelas Cristal
Cristal lives with her friends and dreams of becoming a model. She achieves this at a prominent fashion house, where she happens to find the love of her life in the arms of the owners stepson. The owner turns out to be her mother, who has spent years searching for her since his paternal grandmother took her away.
Cristal – Brazil 2006 with Bete Coelho, Bianca Castanho, Dado Dolabella, and Giuseppe Oristanio
Triunfo del amor – Mexico 2010–2011 with Victoria Ruffo, Maite Perroni, William Levy, and Osvaldo Rios loose adaptation
Cristal – Venezuela 1985–1986 with Lupita Ferrer, Jeannette Rodriguez, Carlos Mata, and Raul Amundaray
El Privilegio de Amar – Mexico 1998–1999 with Helena Rojo, Adela Noriega, Rene Strickler, and Andres Garcia
Bellisima – Venezuela 1991–1992 with Emma Rabbe, Victor Camara, and Nancy Gonzalez very loose adaptation

3.19. Telenovelas La mujer que no podia amar
Te sigo amando – Mexico 1997 with Claudia Ramirez, Luis Jose Santander, and Sergio Goyri
La que no podia amar – Mexico 2011 with Ana Brenda Contreras, Jose Ron, and Jorge Salinas
Monte calvario – Mexico 1986 with Edith Gonzalez, Arturo Peniche, and Jose Alonso

3.20. Telenovelas Mi hermana gemela by Delia Gonzalez Marquez
Mi hermana gemela – Venezuela 1975 with Lupita Ferrer and Jose Bardina

3.21. Telenovelas Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Cumbres Borrascosas – Venezuela 1976 with Elluz Aaa credit card payment login and Jose Bardina

3.22. Telenovelas Laura y Virginia by Enrique Jarnes
Laura y Virginia – Venezuela 1977 with Mary Soliani, Alejandra Pinedo, and Luis Abreu

3.23. Telenovelas Pobre diabla by Alberto Migre
Pobre diabla – Peru 2000 with Angie Cepeda, Salvador del Solar, Arnaldo Andre, Rossana Fernandez Maldonado, and Vanessa Saba
Pobre diabla – Argentina–Venezuela 1990 with Jeannette Rodriguez and Osvaldo Laport

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MIAMI (AP) — Delia Fiallo, autora de exitosas telenovelas latinoamericanas como “Cristal”, “Kassandra” y “Leonela”, falleció en su casa en Coral Gables, Florida. Tenía 96 años.

Fiallo murió el martes apenas cinco días antes de cumplir 97, confirmó a The Associated Press su cuidadora por los últimos tres años, Blanca, al responder el teléfono en la casa de la escritora. La señora pidió sólo ser identificada por su nombre.

Fiallo, considerada la madre de las telenovelas latinoamericanas, estuvo consciente hasta hace dos días y falleció por la mañana en su casa rodeada de sus hijos, dijo su cuidadora. No supo explicar la causa del deceso.

“Lucecita”, “Peregrina”, “María de nadie”, “Pobre diabla” y “Esmeralda” fueron otras de sus telenovelas populares. Su obra, traducida a idiomas como el japonés y el checo, llegó a millones de espectadores en más de un centenar de países.

Actores que alcanzaron la fama internacional interpretando sus personajes no tardaron en expresar su pesar.

“Querida Delia, gracias por tanto. A ti te debo ser EL PUMA. Veo estas imágenes cuando en marzo de 2020 compartimos en tu casa, y recuerdo esa energía con la que me recibiste. Estoy seguro que nos volveremos a ver. ¡Te quiero!”, escribió en Instagram José Luis Rodríguez “El Puma”quien adquirió el apodo a principios de la década de 1970 en la telenovela “Una muchacha llamada Milagros”.

“Señora Delia Fiallo. La verdadera Reina de las #telenovelas. Hoy partes a un plano celestial diferente lleno de luz, porque tú siempre fuiste un ser de luz”, escribió la actriz Jeanette Rodríguez, quien protagonizó junto a Carlos Mata “Cristal” y “La dama de rosa”, en la misma red social. “Qué dicha he tenido, poder construir mi carrera profesional a través de tus hermosos y maravillosos personajes, me siento orgullosa y agradecida”, agregó.

Mata, en tanto, escribió: “Que descanses en Paz, mi querida Delia Fiallo. Mi eterno amor y gratitud. En este momento no tengo palabras”.

Fiallo terminó “Cristal”, la última de sus 43 telenovelas, hace más de tres décadas. Más tarde, la ohio edison bill pay ohio máquina de escribir que la acompañó tecleando los diálogos de sus personajes ficticios fue testigo de su propia autobiografía, que en 2011 dijo a la AP que había comenzado a escribir a pedido de sus familiares.

“Estoy disfrutando de mi ocio, de mi familia, y de mi vida”, manifestó Fiallo entonces en una entrevista exclusiva en su acogedora casa colonial. “Durante todos esos largos años que estuve trabajando hice un gran sacrificio, apenas pude disfrutar de nada”.

Su éxito internacional llegó en 1971 con “Esmeralda”, que protagonizaron Lupita Ferrer y José Bardina, pero Fiallo, nacida en La Habana, inició su carrera como escritora de cuentos en Cuba mucho antes, en la década de 1940. Siguió luego como guionista de radio y telenovelas.

Admitía que no sabía manejar la computadora y no le gustaba. Por eso utilizaba su máquina de escribir Adler, que compró al llegar a Miami como exiliada hace 55 años.

Sonriente y de buen humor, solía hablar del éxito que alcanzó como escritora de telenovelas, su niñez como hija única, su afecto por Venezuela — donde se produjeron muchos de sus dramáticos — y su desencanto con algunas adaptaciones mexicanas.

“La época dorada de mi profesión fue (durante) los años que produje en Venezuela”, aseguró en 2011. “Respetaban mi creatividad, no me cambiaban nada. Yo elegía el reparto, yo elegía la música”, rememoró.

Fiallo trabajaba desde Miami y todos los días enviaba sus libretos a Caracas, primero al canal Venevision y posteriormente a su competidor, Radio Caracas Televisión. En esos años no había fax ni internet, pero alguien siempre le hacía el favor de llevarlos.

“Terminaba de escribir el capítulo y salía al aeropuerto a pedirle a un pasajero que me (lo) llevara . y algunas veces lo dictaba por teléfono”, relató.

Con tanto trabajo, poco tiempo tenía para dedicarle a su esposo, el director cubano de novelas Bernardo Pascual, y a sus cinco hijos. Por eso en 1985, después de escribir “Cristal”, dijo basta y se dedicó a viajar y a estar con su familia.

La actriz mexicana Lucía Méndez, quien protagonizó “Marielena” en 1992 con Eduardo Yáñez, recordó que Fiallo era “muy alegre, una mujer sumamente creativa, amaba México” y sabía escuchar a quienes estaban con ella.

“Le gustó mucho trabajar conmigo en ‘Marielena’, estaba muy contenta realmente. Fue una novela que le ha dado la vuelta al mundo”, expresó Méndez a la AP tras recordar que muchas veces iba a su casa a comer.

Para la actriz, el éxito de las historias de Fiallo está sustentado en la importancia que la autora le daba al amor.

“Nunca separaba demasiado a los protagonistas. Si los separaba un día, a lo mucho dos, al tercero tenía que haber aunque fuera una bofetada. Ella decía eso”, recordó.

Fiallo, quien quería ser veterinaria pero terminó estudiando literatura porque su madre la obligó, era menuda y de pequeña estatura. El éxito jamás había pasado por su cabeza.

Sin embargo, estaba segura de la huella que dejó.

“La primera que escribió una novela de continuidad en horario estelar en toda América Latina fui yo”, expresó orgullosa de su trabajo. Aquella telenovela fue “Hasta que la muerte nos separe”, que se estrenó en Cuba en 1957.

Para dejar a sus hijos en una buena posición económica, Fiallo aceptó a comienzos de la década del 2000 una oferta del canal mexicano Televisa y le vendió los derechos de todas sus novelas, de por vida.

Fiallo será velada el jueves en la casa funeraria Memorial Westchester de Miami, en una ceremonia privada de una hora para familiares cercanos que luego sera abierta a amigos y familiares lejanos, a partir de las 6 de la tarde del jueves.

El entierro será el viernes a la 1:00 p.m. (1700 GMT).

La sobreviven cinco hijos — Jaquelin, María, Delia, Diana y Bernardo —, 14 nietos y tres bisnietos. Su esposo, Pascual, falleció hace dos años, dijo Blanca.

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La periodista de AP Berenice Bautista contribuyó a este despacho desde la Ciudad de México.

In which we have another telenovelalandia discussion while we adapt to the outdoor climate.  Summer's heat and humidity have arrived  and  we give thanks for air-conditioning.     Walking out the front door, these past few days, are like being at the beach.  Warm, humid, breezy.  Thank you (not!) tropical depression Cristobal.  

List your answers to as many as you can and let's have fun with it.   Some of us might have to consult Mr. Peabody’s Wayback Machine for answering 'A'.     

This  includes Telemundo and Looneyvision Univision telenovelas.   

A.)  Which was the first telenovela you watched?  (and which year?)

B. )  Why did you start watching telenovelas?

C.)  Why do you continue watching?

D.)  Favorite telenovela(s)?   

E.)  What color is your telenovela beanie hat?   

AND, if you like, please add some more questions to throw into the mix.  Everyone . discuss!

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