Amidst the struggle for Colombian independence, Policarpa Salavarrieta defies Spanish power and the prejudices of her time. Her forbidden love for Alejo, a young Spaniard, becomes intertwined with the revolution, confronting her with dilemmas between her heart and her country.
Episodes
Policarpa is captured by the Spanish army. Sámano offers her the chance to betray her ideals in order to save Alejo Sabaraín.
Policarpa and Alejo have their first encounter. Francisco punishes his son, and Joaquín recalls the Comunero Rebellion.
Alejo's absence worries Pola. A secret meeting with Antonio Nariño brings hope for a new rebellion.
Joaquín and Mariana announce they will leave Guaduas. Antonio Nariño meets with Lieutenant Baraya to plot against the Crown.
Policarpa arrives in Honda hoping to reunite with Alejo. Their worlds seem to be drifting further and further apart.
Alejo defends Pola. Jorge Tadeo faces pressure to get married, and Antonio Nariño is torn between his ideals and his family.
Pola arrives in Santa Fe, while her father, Joaquín, plans a movement against the Crown together with Antonio Nariño.
Antonio Nariño returns to prison. Alejo tries to get closer to Pola, hoping to reunite with her.
Alejo sends Pola a letter asking her to marry him when they turn 21. Baraya confronts Camilo Torres.
Antonio Nariño's health deteriorates in prison. Joaquín discovers Magdalena's affair with Jorge Tadeo.
In prison, Antonio Nariño's health deteriorates, while the truth about Magdalena and Jorge Tadeo shakes his marriage.
Joaquín joins the mission to free Antonio Nariño, but he rejects escape and faces prison.
The Salavarrieta family faces smallpox, putting the lives of Joaquín, Mariana, and two of their children at risk.
Antonio Nariño finds hope in developing a cure. Pola believes she has been infected, and Francisco presumes her dead.
The Salavarrieta siblings go their separate ways. Pola goes to Guaduas, while Alejo is pressured to get married.
Domingo wants to marry Catarina. Pola seeks to reunite with Alejo and dispel the rumor of his death.
Six years later, Alejo returns to Guaduas without forgetting Pola, while Catarina prepares for her wedding.
Pola tries to stop Catarina's marriage to Domingo, so she plans her escape, but she gets a bitter surprise.
Pola and Alejo meet. Tension rises as they reminisce about their love and confront the news of Alejo's marriage.
Pola expresses her discontent with Spanish rule, while Antonio Nariño and Carbonell plan for total independence.
Pola kisses Alejo, ending her engagement to the Mayor. Alejo also plans to break up with María Ignacia.
Pola quickly adapts to the stable alongside the slaves, while Alejo arrives in Popayán to cancel his engagement.
Alejo breaks off his engagement to María Ignacia, citing the war against France. Devastated, she takes action.
Nicolasa and Juliano try to keep their love a secret, but Catarina discovers them. And Alejo faces family pressure.
Alejo agreed to marry her. Meanwhile, Pola teaches the slaves to read, and the notables of Quito defy the King.
Domingo punishes Juliano. Outraged, Pola confronts him and threatens to report him.
Alejo suffers a severe wound in combat, and Pola faces harassment from Colonel Sámano, who accuses her of theft.
Pola drafts a complaint against Domingo for the abuse of Juliano. The viceroys pressure to uncover the conspiracies.
Antonio Nariño is imprisoned. Juliano's feelings are confused by his attempt to rescue Catarina, and Alejo thinks about Pola.
Antonio Nariño's son does not abandon him. Pola delves into the Rights of Man, a crucial document.
Convinced of the importance of human rights, Pola joins Antonio Nariño's cause. In Popayán, tensions rise.
Days before his wedding to María Ignacia, Alejo searches for Pola. Hope is reborn after Antonio Nariño's escape.
The rebellion against Spain. Pola travels towards Santa Fe, while Antonio Nariño is recaptured in Santa Marta.
Antonio Nariño is cut off from communication. Pola arrives in Santa Fe, while Francisco signs the marriage certificate of Alejo and María Ignacia.
The Creole leaders prepare for a revolution. Pola fights to survive, and, in his cell, Nariño fears for his life.
Gaspar decides to stop Alejo's marriage. The Creoles await the vicereine's approval, and she plans to arrest them.
Nariño's confinement is unbearable, but María Matea offers him hope. Alejo learns of the negligence in Quito.
Catarina is consumed by anguish for being in sin, and with the revolution on the horizon, Pola prepares to act.
Gaspar sends María Ignacia to a convent. Pola highlights Carbonell's lack of support for the revolution.
The fear of a French invasion grips the viceroys. In Santa Fe, Captain Baraya tests Alejo's loyalty.
The Creoles of Santa Fe prepare to go against the crown; José María Carbonell entrusts Pola with a crucial mission.
Antonio Villavicencio joins the Creoles. Sámano prepares for the uprising, and Nariño faces despair.
The Creoles of Santa Fe, led by Camilo Torres and Francisco José de Caldas, activate their resistance plan.
Patience is running out, and the revolt in Santa Fe is intensifying. Pola and José María Carbonell are leading the protesters.
The governing board in Santa Fe disappoints Pola and José María Carbonell. Dissatisfied, Carbonell confronts them.
Carbonell channels the indignation of the people of Santa Fe to depose the viceroys. Tensions erupt when they are arrested.
Pola argues with Alejo and promises never to see him again. Meanwhile, a letter informs her of her brother's disappearance.
The Governing Board orders the arrest of Carbonell; while Nariño, in jail, celebrates the creation of the Boards.
Pola succeeds in having Colonel Sámano imprisoned, putting his power at risk; Pola confronts him and unleashes a wave of support.
Pola and Alejo meet in Guaduas; there, he reconsiders his place in the Army. In Santa Fe, the Junta receives Nariño's support.
Amidst the nervousness, Catarina confesses to having been with Juliano, and Pola warns her of the danger if Domingo finds out.
The release of Antonio Nariño shakes New Granada, while Governor Tacón proposes a Governing Board.
Juliano wants to escape to San Basilio de Palenque, and Nariño is called upon to unite the provinces of New Granada.
Domingo reports on Juliano's escape, and Colonel Baraya warns about plans to keep Nariño out of the picture.
María Ignacia begins to lose her mind. Nariño warns of the danger of division in New Granada.
Pola and Alejo have their first disagreement. Catarina confesses her pregnancy, and Francisco wants to prevent Alejo's marriage.
The arrival of Antonio Nariño unsettles the Governing Junta. The General Congress of New Granada begins.
Determined to fight for independence, Pola goes to Santa Fe. At the Congress, Nariño raises unsettling ideas.
The Governing Junta confronts Antonio Nariño. Tension increases when the Santa Fe Guard is delegated to the Spanish.
In Santa Fe, Alejo is arrested for deserting the Spanish Army. Pola faces uncertainty about her future.
Antonio Nariño creates irreparable tensions, and María Ignacia is intercepted by a key man in the independence movement.
Cundinamarca has its first president, the Constitution brings controversy, and tension increases between Santa Fe and Popayán.
Catarina is shocked to see Juliano. Alejo confronts his father, and with Santa Fe's victory, the tension rises.
Pola, Carbonell, and Nariño prepare for a conflict in Santa Fe, while former allies return to Popayán.
Antonio Nariño creates La Bagatela, a newspaper that challenges Jorge Tadeo, and seeks to warn of the risks facing Santa Fe.
Catarina tries to avoid conflict with Domingo and Juliano. In Popayán, Francisco's lies fall apart.
With the Bagatelle, Antonio Nariño exposes the crown, and in Popayán new revelations about Francis emerge.
Nariño and Carbonell intensify their efforts to overthrow Jorge Tadeo, while La Bagatela ignites popular protest.
Jorge Tadeo's resignation paves the way for a new government in Cundinamarca. Pola and Alejo face an ideological clash.
Conspiracies are hatched to eliminate Nariño, and his army accuses him of treason. Camilo Torres manipulates the leaders.
Domingo accuses the mayor of being Catarina's lover. Tension rises among supporters of Nariño and Camilo Torres.
With his strength exhausted, Nariño confronts Baraya. Domingo follows Catarina, suspicious of her secrets.
With Santa Fe in crisis, Alejo warns Nariño about Baraya's plans, and they launch a surprise attack to stop him.
Nariño intercepts a plan to halt Baraya's advance. At dawn, Nariño prepares to hold Santa Fe.
The struggle between Federalists and Centralists erupts. The streets become a battlefield, and Pola weakens Baraya's troops.
After Nariño's victory, calm does not return to Santafé. Sámano returns with a plan, and Nariño seeks peace with Torres.
Nariño proclaims the independence of New Granada, bringing hope, but the real conflict is yet to come.
General Sámano threatens Popayán. Pola takes the lead, and Nariño's army prepares for confrontation.
Antonio Nariño refuses dialogue with General Sámano. The battle between the Patriots and the Royalist army erupts.
The patriot army achieves a crucial victory by routing the royalist forces of Sámano. The Battle of Calibío is imminent.
With the victory comes bad news for Alejo. Domingo survives thanks to Juliano, and Nariño plans his next move.
After the defeats in Popayán and Calibío, Sámano is relieved of his post. Pola meets Ambrosio Almeida.
The troops face difficulties as they advance to Pasto. Pola signs an alliance with Almeida, and Nariño demotes Alejo.
Alejo uncovers the plan of a traitorous officer, in the service of Torres and Baraya. Jorge Tadeo distances himself from the conspiracies.
Pola flees from Guaduas to Santafé. Alejo, without Nariño's support, fights in the south, but is captured by Sámano.
María Ignacia manages to get Sámano to pardon Alejo and José Hilario. The hunt for the promoters of the Cry of Independence begins.
Camilo Torres, Francisco José de Caldas, and Jorge Tadeo are condemned to death. Pola recalls Nariño's prophecy.
María Ignacia faces a disturbing secret, while Alejo feels that Pola broke their engagement and seeks comfort.
Pablo Morillo leaves Sámano in command. Pola meets with Francisco de Paula Santander, an ally against the royalists.
The differences between Pola and Alejo intensify. Catarina follows a lead on her son Joaquín and believes she has found him.
The rescue of the Almeida brothers begins, but María Ignacia reveals the plan, upon hearing Alejo promise loyalty to Pola.
"La Pola" prepares to free the Almeida brothers, while Alejo, determined to destabilize the Spanish crown, takes a risk by kissing him despite his engagement to María Ignacia. As Alejo and Arcos embark on an expedition to the eastern plains, "La Pola" meets with others to purchase weapons. During the execution of the escape plan, Ambrosio surprises her by proposing marriage. The escape provokes the discontent of Marshal Sámano.
Sámano expedites the legal proceedings against Alejo, while ordering Pola's capture. Candelaria reveals Pola's hiding place.
Captured at Andrea Ricaurte's house, Pola faces a conflict council. Her rescue is in the hands of the Almeida family.
While Pola stands firm in her principles, María Ignacia confesses that she informed Sámano about Pola's plans.
During her imprisonment, Pola and Alejo reunite, while Ambrosio reconsiders his strategy to save her.
Pola faces her destiny, Sámano increases security in Santa Fe. Candelaria and Andrea plan one last strategy.
Pola bravely faces the firing squad. Sámano hopes she will repent, but Pola dies inspiring independence.
