The Top 10 Telenovelas

STARRING Verónica Castro and Rogelio Guerra
FROM Mexico
PLOT Mariana Villarreal (Castro) is forced to give away her son because her husband, Luis Alberto Salvatierra (Guerra), doesn't believe the baby is his. Full of remorse, Mariana goes on a desperate search for her little boy.

STARRING Lucia Méndez and Enrique Álvarez Félix
FROM Mexico
PLOT Millonaire Gustavo Adolfo Almazán (Álvarez Félix) falls in love with Fernanda, AKA Colorina (Méndez). They have a son, who initially lives in the millionaire's home, but Colorina has a change of heart and flees with the baby. Years later, she returns to get the father to recognize him as his own.

STARRING Grecia Colmenares and Víctor Cámara
FROM Venezuela
PLOT Topacio (Colmenares), daughter of wealthy cattle ranchers, is raised as a poor, blind orphan; Jorge Luis (Cámara) comes from a poor family but is raised in lavish surroundings. And as in every novela worth watching, when the truth comes out, Topacio recovers her eyesight and lives happily ever after with her leading man.

STARRING María Rubio, Alejandro Camacho and Diana Bracho
FROM Mexico
PLOT When it comes to having a grandchild, Catalina Creel (María Rubio) just won't quit. But there's a catch: She hates her oldest son (Vega), and her youngest, (Camacho, photo) is married to an infertile woman.

STARRING Ernesto Laguardia and Adela Noriega
FROM Mexico
PLOT Maricruz (Noriega) and her boyfriend Pancho (Laguardia), a humble but honest mechanic, struggle to save their love against all odds and dream of the day the young lady turns 15.

STARRING Edith González and Eduardo Palomo
FROM Mexico
PLOT Juan del Diablo (Palomo) is torn between the love of two beautiful women, Mónica (González, photo) and Aimée (Ana Colchero), in a period novela that marked the three actors' careers.

STARRING Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Guy Ecker and Alejandra Borrero (right)
FROM Colombia
PLOT An impossible love between Gaviota (Rosa de Francisco), a coffee picker, and the plantation owner, Sebastián Vallejo (Ecker), who are split up by his family. Distance and misunderstandings complicate their romantic relationship.

STARRING Thalía and Fernando Colunga
FROM Mexico
PLOT This story, the perfect finale for the "María" novelas trilogy, tells the tale of a poor girl who fights against all odds for the love of Luis Fernando (Colunga). Misunderstandings and twists of fate drive María insane and into a frantic search for the daughter she lost.

STARRING Ana María Orozco and José Enrique Abello
FROM Colombia
PLOT The tragicomedy about shy and ugly Beatriz Pinzón Solano (Orozco), who falls for the owner of the factory where she works: Don Armando (Abello). After a radical transformation, Betty conquers the hearts of millions, in the best Ugly Duckling tradition.

STARRING Murilo Benicio and Giovanna Antonelli
FROM Brazil
PLOT Jade (Antonelli), a gorgeous woman of Lebanese descent, falls in love with Brazilian Lucas (Benicio). Their impossible love survives through the years, and the drama intensifies when in time, it turns out that he has been cloned. Ultimately, their love conquers all. In real life, the leading characters starred in their own well publicized romance.