Tropico is a telenovela produced and filmed entirely in the Dominican Republic by Venevisión International, Iguana Productions and Antena Latina. It is a remake of the 1997 Peruvian telenovela Escándalo.
Most of the cast and crew are Dominicans, except Jose Luis Rodriguez and Scarlet Ortiz who are Venezuelans, Javier Delgiudice and Giovanna Valcárcel who are from Peru and Victor González who is a Mexican actor.
Manasi, a young woman, works as a secretary for Samarpratap, a business tycoon. She loves Aniket, a driver, but Samarpratap's obsession with her poses a hurdle in her love life.
While being chased by loan sharks, Ella hid in an unlocked car. She was caught by Galang and his fiancee, Martha, while they were on their way, which caught Galang off guard and caused an accident. Martha was swept away by the river, leaving Ella and Galang in the car when they were found. Galang's parents, who don't know Martha, think Ella is Martha, while Galang, who has amnesia, doesn't remember who her fiancé is. Will the truth finally be revealed?
Gaya sa Pelikula (Like in the Movies) is about Karl, a 19-year old architecture student in the middle of an identity crisis and Vlad, a schoolmate on the run from his own family. As their lives become entwined by fate making them housemates over the semestral break, Karl and Vlad come to learn more about each other and themselves than they could have ever imagined.