Vi befinder os i Venezuela i den anden halvdel af det 19. århundrede. Konflikter imellem de liberale og de konservative markerer den politiske agenda. Social skævheder, en arv fra kolonitiden, fastlåser slaver og borgere i et gammeldags oligarki. Ezequiel Zamora, fortaler for de dybdegående idealer om fridhed, fører an i en kamp, som prøver at udligne kløften imellem rig og fattige og gøre op med den skæve fordeling af retten til land. Venezuela, in the second half of the nineteenth century. Disputes between Liberals and Conservatives marked the political agenda. Social inequalities inherited from colonial times have kept peasants and slaves under the yoke of the Oligarchy. Ezequiel Zamora, mobilized by the profound ideals of freedom, leads a struggle trying to erase the gap between the opulence of the rich and the misery of the poor, and fair allocation of land.