TELENOVELA WATCH: UN REFUGIO PARA EL AMOR's Final Weeks, BELLA CALAMIDADES Comes To U.S.; Plus, AMOR BRAVIO, ROSA DIAMANTE & EL ROSTRO DE LA VENGANZA

UN REFUGIO PARA EL AMOR (weeknights at 7 p.m. ET on Univision) is heading into its final weeks and presumably the final story arcs are beginning to be set up. The action moved forward five months to the birth of Luciana’s son, milked for all its dramatic worth with a difficult, suspenseful delivery with mother and baby in precarious states before coming through healthy, the joyous celebration of the birth with Luciana’s family and friends, all counterbalanced by Rosalena (Laura Flores) and Gala (Jessica Coch) conspiring against the newborn. Portents were plentiful with the baby’s father (Gabriel Soto) and grandfather (David Ostrosky) away on a business trip to China and the arrival of Luciana’s mother delayed by inclement weather.

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AMOR BRAVÍO
It was an eventful week on AMOR BRAVÍO (weeknights at 10 p.m. ET on Univision) as the protagonists, Camila (Silvia Navarro) and Daniel (Cristián de la Fuente), caught riding in a storm, shared their first passionate kiss.  As this is a fairly traditional Televisa production, the audience is sure to see flashbacks to that kissregularly, anytime either character is in a solitary moment of reflection, you can bet that kiss is what they will be reflecting upon.  After the smooch, Camila fled to church where she pleaded that she didn’t want to feel for Daniel what she felt for Luis, her first love and fiancé who died in the first episode in a car accident.

TELENOVELA WATCH: EL ROSTRO DE LA VENGANZA Struggles In Its Premiere Week

EL ROSTRO DE LA VENGANZA (weeknights at 10:30 p.m. ET) premiered this week on Telemundo, staggering out of the blocks with the lowest rated premiere week of the year for the network; its numbers are comparable to the DECISIONES EXTREMAS reruns that aired on the network last month, and that is with ROSTRO benefiting from a far higher rated lead-in of PABLO ESCOBAR: EL PATRÓN DEL MAL.

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EL ROSTRO DE LA VENGANZA PREMIERE
EL ROSTRO DE LA VENGANZA premieres this Monday at 10:30 p.m. ET on Telemundo, the third telenovela to premiere on the network this month.  Bizarrely, the television promos for the show vaguely state the start time as “after PABLO ESCOBAR;” EL ROSTRO DE LA VENGANZA looks to be a mystery telenovela, but does the time the show is airing really have to be kept a mystery as well?

Telemundo 2012-2013 Schedule

Telemundo unveiled its 2012-2013 lineup on Monday.

Soapy highlights:
Six new telenovelas are on the way: EL ROSTRO DE LA VENGANZA (The Face of Revenge), EL SENOR DE LOS CIELOS (The Lord of the Heavens), LA PATRONA (The Patron), PASION PROHIBIDA (Forbidden Passion), NACE UN IDOLO (An Idol is Born) and FINA ESTAMPA (Fine Pedigree).

Sequel LA REINA DEL SUR 2 (Queen of the South 2) is coming as well.

Read the full press release from Telemundo below for detailed descriptions.