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Colombia loves its soap operas, known locally as telenovelas, and the country’s biggest hits tend to get everyone talking.

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But behind the tears, tantrums and torments lies the truth of the nation itself, with many of Colombia’s best-loved television series’ based heavily on the country’s culture, passions and pastimes. Here are four hit television series that told the world about Colombia.

Yo soy Betty, la fea (Ugly Betty)

Ugly Betty (Yo Soy Betty, La Fea in Spanish) is the most successful Colombian soap opera of all time and the first to be remade for international audiences.

It was aired in its original form in hundreds of countries and remade for dozens of markets including the US (Ugly Betty) Mexico (La Fea Mas Bella) Japan, India and Russia. The series extols the value of intelligence over beauty and made stars out of Ana Maria Orozco, Betty in the original Colombian series and America Ferrera, who played the lead role in the US.

The series was created by screenwriter Fernando Gaitan and f