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Mommy!
Mejía for president, gentlemen!
Miss Alejandra, It's been a long time.
Marina, how are you?
-Everything good? -Come in. Yes, ma'am.
-I'll take your bags up. -Oh, yes, thank you.
Oh, my daughter!
My love, I thought you were arriving tonight.
I moved my flight up.
Why didn't you tell us?
Because I didn't want press at the airport, and...
You understand.
You look beautiful.
How are you?
I was honest with you.
Your father isn't doing well in the polls.
I know.
I saw that disaster of a debate on television.
He hasn't changed at all. He's the same...
Guillermo Mejía,
that arrogant and backward-thinking man who threw me out of the house.
And, well, I don't want to remember that moment but...
Mom, you don't need to lie to me.
It's true, your father hasn't changed, but I need you to help me.
Well, I've had several hours to think about it, and...
and I'm not going to do it, Mom.
Please.
Why the desperation, Mom? What's going on?
If you don't do what your father wants,
my life will continue to be a living hell, even worse than it already is.
What? What are you talking about?
Our marriage is a farce, honey.
There's no longer any affection or respect.
Get a divorce.
I can't, I can't! He doesn't want to! He won't let me!
What do you mean, he won't let you?
Unless you defend him in front of the press.
-If you do that, he'll give me a divorce. -Now I get it.
Of course I'm part of the negotiation, so that you can be a free woman.
Please.
This is ridiculous.
Sweetheart, forgive me, but I'm desperate.
Look, it's just... They're just words.
You only need to stand up in front of the camera
and say what your father and his adviser tell you to say.
So the press will forgive him. So the public will forgive him.
That's all. You don't have to do anything else, sweetheart.
No.
I can't.
My child.
If your father doesn't get what he wants...
he's going to take it out on me.
And I can't take any more.
Please.
I demand respect for my ex-wife,
who has been threatened on social media.
These violent attacks need to stop once and for all.
If not, unfortunately, I will have to take legal action
against anyone who insists on defaming her.
What do you want to say to the people who used to judge you
and now are supporting you?
Well, thanks a lot for the support,
but there needs to be respect for both sides. No?
Ladies and gentlemen, this country was built by all of us,
not just by any politician in office.
Let's be careful with what we say,
that includes our opinions on the internet.
Let's start there.
What are we teaching our families? Our children?
Thank you very much.
That was Pablo de la Torre, campaign manager for Ramiro Pérez,
calling for respect in the use of social media
toward his ex-wife,
despite the statements that she has made against him.
This has been Viviana Vargas for CN5 News.
In making a statement in support of his ex-wife, Mr. Pablo de la Torre
improved both his image and that of his party.
The people support him
and see him as a symbol of an honest man
who defends his family
without resorting to a counterattack against his ex-wife.
The movement called "The Voice of Truth" that began as a website
to support Mr. De la Torre has 300,000 followers
and more than 10 million testimonials.
Our poll shows Pérez with approximately 37 percent of votes.
Mejía, at approximately 27 percent.
-Did you see the new polls? -Yes, I saw them.
But don't worry.
Rosario called. She's bringing Alejandra for an exclusive interview.
We're going to turn this around.
Look at you! I hardly recognize you. Come here.
Hey! Oh, stop!
Hi. What do you mean? You saw me six months ago.
Hey, you had to run off to Europe. Look at this.
-How was the trip? -Sister.
Ready?
We're running short on time. Let's go.
What's this?
You're speaking with Mr. Mejía's Chief of Communications.
You're kidding.
No, he's not kidding. Shall we go?
-Are you ready? -Alejandra!
A pleasure to meet you.
The strategist.
Political adviser. Analía Guerrero.
Ah.
The adviser, I guess, is the one who advises the candidates
to lie?
-Right? -Well, it's a little bit of everything,
but I really like to be transparent.
That's why I think this is a good time for you all to clear up the tension.
This is a great opportunity to show you're united as a family again.
Right.
-Is that how things are? -Yes, absolutely.
Forgive me.
I treated you in a way that...
has no justification.
And I'm ashamed.
Give me the benefit of the doubt, because...
because only your forgiveness can soothe...
this pain I feel for having made such a mistake...
with a person I love so much.
I love you, my daughter.
And I accept you exactly the way you are.
Thank you.
Let me show you around the headquarters. Please.
-All right. Let's go. -Let's go.
OK.
This is the last recording before it got dark.
-OK. -But nobody went into your storage unit.
Tomorrow I'm sending a truck to get all my things out of here, got it?
I'm grateful to be here
to clarify for the public and the voters
that what I said in the past was wrong.
You're referring to the negative comment you made about the LGBTI community
when you were a senator?
Yes.
A good leader needs to admit it when he makes a mistake.
And that's what I'm doing.
Is it possible that you're saying this now
because of a political strategy?
My dear reporter, it's because of the immense shame I feel.
Making mistakes is part of being human.
But being human also means
you can evolve and change.
And now I think differently.
That's why we're having this interview with your older daughter.
Alejandra Mejía, welcome.
Thank you.
Yes, I wanted...
to thank you for inviting me here.
Uh, well, I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you
a few things about me, and also to make it clear that my father,
Guillermo Mejía,
is not the person some people think he is.
What do you mean when you say your father isn't the person the country thinks he is?
Well, I'd like to start this interview with a little bit about my personal life.
It was very difficult
when I came out to my family for the first time
and told them about my sexual orientation,
that I was gay.
I know my father took it very hard, because he was always a man
who dreamed of having an ideal family, traditional.
And I knew I wouldn't fit into that mold easily.
Being gay in a country like Colombia, where there's a double standard,
is rather difficult.
Is that why you went to Spain?
Yes, in part.
I never felt judged there.
How is your relationship with your father now?
It's gotten much better.
Those were hard times...
for a man like my father.
I appreciate the fact that
he doesn't judge...
people with different sexual orientations.
One might think that this defense of your father
is a political ploy.
I'm sure many people will think that,
but I'm telling you the truth.
Because I've heard that they're misjudging my father,
so I ask the LGBTI community
to rest assured,
because Guillermo Mejía is a man of his word
and I'm going to stay by his side...
to make sure of it.
Does that mean you're going to stay here for some time, Miss Mejía?
Yes.
I hope so.
I also want to take this opportunity to tell you
that I want to adopt a child here in Colombia,
and that I'm counting on the support of my family.
What do you think of that, Mr. Mejía?
Surprised, but very happy.
Hello.
I saw you on TV.
Thank you for defending me.
Don't mention it.
I've made so many mistakes with you.
I'm so remorseful and I apologize to you
and Heli for everything I've put you through.
I was an idiot...
to let myself get manipulated...
by Guillermo and his lawyer.
They asked you to create a scandal?
Yes.
But that doesn't justify how weak I was.
What's wrong?
Nothing, my love.
I'm asking for your father's forgiveness,
and I want to ask you to forgive me again, too.
I forgive you, Mommy. You did it because you made a mistake.
We all make mistakes.
Daddy, you always tell me that.
Come here, honey.
We have Helena.
Hmm?
And we're a family.
And that's what's important.
Of course I forgive you.
I swear to you
that I'm going to do everything in my power
to win your trust and your respect
and to prove to you both how much I love you.
All right, sweetie, let's go...
to see your grandparents. Let's go.
-Bye, Mommy. -Bye, my love.
Thank you for...
your composure, for going in front of that camera and...
Lying.
What? Seriously?
Dad apologizes to you and you respond like that? Seriously?
My love, don't worry.
That's not true.
My thoughts regarding your condition have changed.
Wait, wait. "Condition"?
You still sound contemptuous.
And no, I don't like that.
Because you change your opinion very quickly.
Yesterday, I didn't exist, I was nobody.
But of course, today you need me to boost your popularity.
-Enough, Alejandra. Tone it down, OK? -Be quiet.
A little respect. Don't tell me to be quiet.
I'm talking to him.
Or better yet, why don't I make it clear to you, too?
Because you have no idea what's going on here.
You don't know who I am.
What my "lifestyle" is, or whatever you want to call it.
You should get down off that cloud, little sister.
What are you talking about?
OK.
I did that interview...
for Mom and for nobody else.
No, no, OK.
Now what are you going to say, huh?
I came to do this whole show, to give this interview
because that's what we agreed on, so that this man
would once and for all give Mom a divorce.
One moment, I'm lost. What are you talking about?
What do you mean, you're getting a divorce? Why?
Why else? Because they have a wonderful relationship.
The question here, my friend,
is why Mr. Mejía is blackmailing Mom like that?
Look, excuse me, I think that since we're all adults,
we need to understand that your parents
are free to be together or not to be together, if they want.
No, Analía, that's not how things are, unfortunately.
My mother is with this man not because she wants to be.
It's because she has to, he's forcing her to.
So I came here and I told that pack of lies
just so this man will leave her in peace.
Stop attacking him, OK?
If you came here to pit them against each other,
-you should have never came. -Shut up, shut up, shut up!
Why did you come here, if we were better off without you?
You don't know anything about what's going on. I can't take all this drama.
I'll talk to her.
Can you please tell us what is going on?
Alejandra, wait.
Look, Analía, you can tell Guillermo that I'll stay until the election is over.
That he doesn't need to worry.
You know, I really like how frank you are.
Really?
Why? Don't you believe me?
I really think it could be a problem,
not just for my father, but also for your work on this campaign.
And is that your plan?
To sabotage the campaign?
Look, I really need to know what I'm dealing with.
Because I'm not going to allow either you or Guillermo,
because of a difference of opinion about your lifestyle,
as you just put it so well,
ruin everything we've done for Guillermo up until now.
Well, I don't have any intention of changing my plans as of now.
I'm going to continue helping people believe in my father.
Well, in that case, I'd love to have a meeting with you,
so I can develop the governmental plan with the LGBTI in mind.
Analía, do you really believe...
that my father has any intention...
of supporting LGBTI rights?
Why don't you give him the benefit of the doubt?
Analía...
I'm here for my mother.
But I'd like to know, why are you here? Huh?
Do you really believe that man is the president that this country needs?
Or that it deserves?
Because there's a great difference there.
I would have liked...
to stay longer with my family.
You're going to get better, Grandpa.
You just need to rest.
No, sweetheart. I don't think that...
that's how... it's going to be.
I always taught my children...
that the most important thing in life...
is to work hard...
and speak the truth.
I don't want to leave...
without...
without leaving things in order.
I want you...
to take charge...
of the family
and the construction company.
And your mother...
this wonderful woman...
who has given me so many years, who always made sure I never lacked...
anything.
I love you, Eugenia.
Don't worry, Dad. We'll make sure of it.
You two,
David and you...
need to stay very close.
And with regard to your fight...
with Guillermo...
don't let yourself be harmed...
by that person...
who never knew how to be...
a good friend.
Or even a good relative.
Dad...
I will never forgive the way he treated you.
Please, Pablo.
No grudges.
No hate.
That...
doesn't do any good...
for the person who feels it.
And that's not what you're made of.
You're made of courage,
of integrity.
-Bye. -Goodbye, miss.
Thank you.
Bye.
-Hi, baby. -What are you doing here?
Careful, you can't come near me.
Baby, I came to tell you that I miss you, OK? That I messed up.
I don't believe you.
Everything's going to be different now, baby, OK? Take the flowers.
You need to accept that we're over.
There's nothing more between us, Otoniel.
Let's go talk at home, OK?
Let me go!
-Let's go talk at home. -Get out of here.
I swear that if you come near me again, I'll call the cops on you.
Think about it, OK, baby?
Think about it.
We need to take charge of the company, David.
And you'll be the CEO.
Heli wanted to stay a little longer with her grandfather.
This year has been a nightmare,
between this and what you're going through with Carolina.
I should tell you, Mom, that Carolina...
Carolina had a nervous breakdown
and she's going to stay at the house for a while, until she gets better.
I don't understand you, Pablo.
After everything that Carolina did to you?
She took advantage of your good name. She told lies.
Mom, I know.
I know it very well, but I can't do it.
I can't. I mean, I can't abandon her right now.
But you can't believe anything that woman says.
That's exactly what I said, Mom.
And I'm sure he doesn't believe her. He's doing this all for his daughter.
Mother, if you're worried I'll get back together with Carolina, you can relax.
OK? It's not going to happen.
Besides, Heli is happy.
You should have seen Heli's face when she got home.
And does Carolina understand this?
I've already talked to her.
Mother...
I'm not going to answer anger with more anger. OK? You heard Dad.
And besides, I'm doing this to resolve the whole legal issue with Carolina...
in the most civilized way possible. OK? Trust me.
I'll come see you tomorrow, Grandpa.
Have a good rest and you'll see that you'll feel better tomorrow.
If you say so.
I love you. I love you, Helenita.
I love you more, Grandpa.
I love you so much.
Well, Manuel.
-What did you want to talk to me about? -Cristian...
You...
have known me for years...
and you have been...
our family doctor,
my confidante.
I need to ask you a favor.
And I need your complete discretion.
I don't want to die with dementia.
And I especially don't want to mistreat the people I love the most.
So...
please...
let me leave this world...
on my own terms.
I don't want any more treatment.
No.
Let's let life flow...
or death come.
But, please...
Cristian...
let me die with dignity.
Hi.
-Hi. -Did she fall asleep?
Yes, she's asleep.
Sit down.
Hey, you didn't need to cook for me.
Oh... it's nothing. Sit down.
Thank you.
How's your father?
He's saying goodbye.
I'm so sorry.
You don't know how much it hurts me to not be able to say goodbye to him.
But I know that's not wise right now.
Your brother and your mother hate me, and I completely understand why.
Well, Carolina, if that's so, then do things differently.
Publicly retract the lies you told about me, Carolina.
Yes, I know that's the right thing to do.
And I also want us to talk about the issue of our daughter.
I need your legal permission to adopt her.
Is that possible?
All right.
You won't change your mind later?
No, trust me. I promise you that...
I'll start that process as soon as possible.
OK.
Thank you.
For being so special, and for everything you've done for me.
Well.
How about if we continue this good behavior?
For our daughter's benefit.
What do you think?
Cheers.
You had the nerve to say bad things to Alejandra about me,
but you didn't tell her that you had slept with Pérez's campaign chief
like a slut.
Do you want us to tell her about all your infidelities
that I've had to endure as well?
Rosario, you gave Salinas confidential information about my campaign.
That's treason!
We were the best team. What happened to you?
I got fed up with your selfishness!
But I did it all for this family!
No, you did it for yourself!
Besides, I won't tolerate you hurting our children.
But what did I do that's so terrible? What?
Criticize them, pressure them, smother them.
To make them better, but it's impossible, because they're just like you!
Juan Mario attempted suicide because of your pressure.
You threw Alejandra out of the house because she isn't the way you command,
and now that you need her, you force her to lie.
You've manipulated Sofía,
to the point where she thinks you're the only man on Earth.
That girl is the only one who defends me and shows me the respect I'm due.
Because she has no idea who you are.
Oh, are you going to badmouth me to her, too?
No, no, you'll take care of that yourself.
It's unbelievable how much you hate me. It's unbelievable how much you hate me.
Yes, we're enemies living under the same roof.
Really, what sense does this make? Let me go free, for God's sake!
No, no, no. You know what?
You're no threat to me because you have no courage. Look at me.
But above all, you have no brain.
Your arrogance will be your downfall,
but someday, someone will teach you a lesson.
Who?
You?
Or that idiot brother of yours who disappears whenever he wants to?
Who?
The remote!
Where is the damn remote?
I found it.
After the statements made by Alejandra Mejía,
who is part of the LGBTI community,
the candidate for the Democratic Force party, Guillermo León Mejía,
narrows the gap with his biggest opponent,
Ramiro Pérez.
What do you think, Mr. Villamizar?
Everything is going back to normal.
Don't I deserve a kiss from my dear wife?
The Colombian presidential election
continues to provide news.
Guillermo Mejía has managed to recover after his previous statements
against the LGBTI community.
There are those who say that all this is due to
a strategy by his brilliant adviser, Analía Guerrero,
who counsels him
and accompanies him step by step toward the presidency.
Will you please explain why you never told me anything
about what's going on with Dad?
This isn't the place to discuss this.
Why not?
Aren't we supposedly a very close family and we can talk
about anything, anywhere?
I missed you so much.
Let's speak with respect, at least.
With respect?
I don't think my father is capable of that.
The issue is clear.
Your mother and I are getting a divorce as soon as the election is over.
For now, this stays between us.
Period.
Let's have breakfast in peace.
Hey.
What happened with that little girlfriend you had?
Laura?
We broke up.
Yes, putting up with your bad temper can't be easy.
Look, it's one thing to have a bad temper and another to lack character, honey,
something you don't have.
Please, don't fight.
It's the first time in years that we've been together.
How exciting.
Why did you break up?
Because Laura didn't want to have kids, or adopt any,
and I do.
Oh, wow!
So, you were serious about the adoption?
Yes, it was one of the true things I said in that interview.
Well...
You're not going to ruin my day.
We went up in the polls, and that's what matters.
Otoniel showed up again.
When?
Yesterday.
He showed up with flowers, apologizing and all that.
Dorita, be careful with that, OK?
You're much smarter than that, and stronger, too.
Don't let yourself fall for that now.
No, I know.
He can call me princess, but I'm not falling for it.
I made it clear to him that he can't mess with me again.
He's dangerous.
Well, anyway...
If you're not with Isa or with me, please use the taxi app that I gave you.
I don't want you walking around alone.
Oh!
I don't want you walking around alone.
Bro, I think you should forget about that relationship.
There's nothing there anymore.
Right?
But if I can't have Dorita, no one can have her, bro.
I mean, really, I don't understand men.
Pablo forgives his ex after the way she slandered him?
Only a man like him could do something like that.
Haven't you thought about quitting what we're doing with Mejía,
leaving with Pablo and forgetting everything?
You already know what I think about that.
I know that you think with your head.
What does your heart say?
It says that it's filled with hate. That's what it says.
And that's more important than the love you feel for Pablo?
What's more important is the promise I made to my mother to avenge her death.
Hey.
Did you see that Pablo shot up in the polls because of his statements?
Mejía did very well with his daughter,
but people really admire that Pablo defended Carolina after everything.
Now, Mejía and Pérez are very close.
Are we expecting someone?
No.
-Look. -You?
No, who?
I don't believe it!
Hi! What are you doing here?
Why didn't you tell me you were coming? I would have picked you up!
I missed you. I missed you so much.
Hi, Andrea!
It's so great to see you!
For me, too!
-Hi! -Hi!
-It's so great to have you here. -Thank you.
Here, come on in.
Well, we'll leave you two so you can catch up.
OK. Hey, don't forget to take Dorita to headquarters.
-No, don't worry. -Please.
Thank you, Isa.
I'm so, so happy that you're here.
Thank you.
-Want anything? Tea, water, coffee? -Water.
-OK, are you sure? -Water is perfect, yes.
Nothing's wrong, right? You're not sick or anything, right?
-Me? No. Thank God, no. -Oh, OK.
So, tell me, what's been going on?
Well...
Well, I saw you on the news with Mejía
and I didn't like what I saw at all.
I don't understand.
I saw a video.
You were with Mejía and...
you could tell that he felt something more for you.
Oh, honey, please! Please, I mean, really...
Nobody is more narcissistic than that guy.
I mean, it's always, "Me, me, me."
You know?
All right, it is true that at one point he did try something, but...
Analía...
Why don't you come back to Mexico with me?
I miss you so much.
Honey, calm down, please?
Nothing has happened with him and absolutely nothing will happen.
Besides, you know that I'm in love with Pablo.
By the way, I told Pablo the truth, OK? I told him who I am.
What?
And what happened? How did he react?
Badly.
Badly. I thought he would understand me, but...
Oddly enough, he said the same thing you said.
That I need to forget about Mejía, that I can't go on with this,
but the truth is that...
I can't.
When I finish doing what I came here to do,
maybe I can think about my own life again.
Maybe I can think about the future. One with Pablo. Why not?
But nothing and nobody...
will make me change my mind.
You're really crafty, huh, Carolina?
I swear I never imagined that you'd move back into your ex's house.
And what a house.
But, anyway,
men are very naive, right?
Fabiola, I called you to tell you that I'm dropping both cases against Pablo.
The divorce and the adoption.
But both are going so well.
But right now, I'm only thinking
about Pablo and about my daughter. And I want to do things right.
I understand.
So, how do we proceed?
I'm going to proceed alone.
Now I understand.
You want to drop the cases because you think you're getting back together.
What is your interest in having me continue this fight?
I can't stand for this, you're about to be compensated
for all those years of psychological abuse.
What years of psychological abuse?
We both know perfectly well that Pablo never did anything.
So, go. Leave me alone.
Because this is the end of the road for us.
God gives bread to those who have no teeth.
Pablo defending his daughter and his ex from the attacks on social media
was ingenious.
He's won more supporters.
It was a brilliant move, Ramiro.
No, the best thing is, it wasn't a move.
People see Pablo as...
someone honest, someone they can believe in.
-Gentlemen! -Pablo!
All right, listen.
I looked over the civil works project
and the health program requires an investment that is impossible to complete
in a four-year term.
I'm saying this so that we keep it in mind and don't deceive the public.
We can't say we're not going to do something that we already promised.
And there's already a government plan that's been put forward.
The main point of this campaign is to tell the truth, Mark.
Well, we're doing that. And look,
no president in the world has ever accomplished everything he promised.
And that's excellent news.
Because that means that you'll be the first, and we'll prove
that we are right.
The idea is to create a project
that's in alignment with the campaign,
but that we can fully implement.
Fine.
-Let's hear it. -OK?
I redid it with a realistic financial investment.
Obviously, the impact is not the same.
But we can carry it out gradually.
Look, Pablo, romanticism and passion are very nice
human emotions, but they don't work in politics.
What you're proposing here is on a smaller scale,
and that won't get us to the presidency, believe me.
The public works projects, such as the schools,
we need to carry them out, but incrementally.
We can't promise so much at the beginning.
Here's a projected statistic.
It's a less attractive plan than Mejía's.
-I don't know. -All right, all right.
We can look more deeply into the construction plans for
subsidized housing, keeping in mind the law about the participation
of the departments. Hmm?
I have something for that. OK?
Very good, Pablo, very good.
All right.
Look at this, please.
Excellent!
Live, from the site of the news...
I know everything will be fine, Mommy.
Dad says that correcting your mistakes is something brave people do,
and that's what you're going to do.
I'm so proud of you.
Oh, thank you, my love.
Thank you.
I'm very nervous.
Today, Mrs. Valencia wants to make some statements regarding her case.
First of all, I want to publicly apologize to Pablo.
I was very hurt.
And I tried, in the wrong way, to save what we had built
and what I had damaged with my mistakes.
The polls keep going up for you, but also for Pérez.
We need to change that.
-Yes, I think we can... -Excuse me for interrupting,
but you need to see what's happening on the news.
Pablo...
Pablo never abused me, physically or psychologically.
Pablo is an exemplary father.
A wonderful man whom I didn't appreciate.
Subtitle translation by: Ruth Kunstadter