Formentera

It was conquered by the Catalans and became part of the Kingdom of Majorca. The Reyes brothers must then take action. In succeeding centuries, it passed to the Visigoths, the Byzantines, the Vandals, and the Arabs. Gabriela refuses to see the truth until it is too late and she soon finds herself in grave danger. The island's name is usually said to derive from the Latin word frumentum, meaning "grain." The island had been occupied by the Carthaginians before passing to the Romans. He manages to alienate Gabriela's family, virtually take control of the estate, and spend much of her money on gambling and raucous living. It is part of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The plot reaches a climax when Gabriela marries a very dangerous suitor, and a former son-in-law, Fernando Escandón.

Formentera comprises one municipality, also called Formentera, and has a population of 7,461 (2002). Gabriela's now-dead husband had been having an affair with the Reyes brothers' younger sister. It is best known for the fact that nude sunbathing is allowed on most of its beaches. The Reyes brothers unexpectedly fall for the three daughters of the wealthy widow Gabriela Elizondo (played by veteran actress Cristina Lilley), who owns a neighboring hacienda. The island can only be reached by ship, so relatively few tourists come to this location, making it a much quieter place than the other islands in the region. The plot centered around the three Reyes brothers (played by Mario Cimarro, Michel Brown, and Juan Alfonso Baptista), who inherit a hacienda (large ranch estate). It is 19 kilometres long and is located approximately 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Ibiza in the Mediterranean Sea. The music from this serial is available on CD (Sony label) and features most of the norteño and cumbia style songs from the show.

Formentera is the smallest and most southerly island of the Balearic Islands group; it is one of the two Illes Pitiüses, along with Ibiza. All serials aired on Telemundo can be viewed with English subtitles by setting your television's menu options to Closed Captioning channel CC3 or C3. The majority of actors from this novela would appear in two subsequent serials--Te voy a enseñar a querer (2004) and La mujer en el espejo (2004)--both also produced by RTI Colombia & Telemundo. It also helped to launch several actors to stardom including Michel Brown of Argentina, Juan Alfonso Baptista of Venezuela, and Natasha Klaus of Colombia. telenovela market.

Pasión de Gavilanes helped establish RTI Colombia as a major force in the U.S. It has also had runs in over 100 countries--from Argentina to Romania to Malaysia--and is considered one of the most successful serials ever made. The serial was so popular that it had two runs (one in primetime and one in daytime) in the United States on NBC-owned Telemundo. In Colombia, it was broadcasted by Caracol TV.

It was produced by RTI Colombia in conjunction with the Telemundo network. Pasión de gavilanes ("Hawk's Passion") was a popular Colombian telenovela (soap opera) which ran for 188 episodes, from 2003 to 2004.