Synopsis
At the loss of his father, Colonel Pedro Pérez Pérez, who had led groups fighters by the Federation, the young Pedro Perez Delgado, becomes the man of the House, began to work to help keep his mother, Josefa Delgado, a Creole and battle-hardened woman who plays him to deal with the death of the father of her children and her sister mayor Petra Delgado Perez. Maisanta, the young Pedro Perez, of just sixteen years, begins to work for the Colonel Macias, who betrays its confidence, as, still being married, is dares to woo to his sister Petra, dishonoring the name of his family, honor that in the bedding of death his father you asked defend to as gave place. Among the most intense stories of love and betrayal are will shape the character of the young Maisanta, who will undertake his way to become a spearhead of the new revolution of the poor against the newly installed 'progress'. That white boy, yellow hair, whom many called 'the American', then become legend, along with their matriarchal battle cry Maisanta!