''¡Vivan los niños!'' (English: ''Long live the children!'') is a Mexican

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

(Soap Opera) produced by

Nicandro Díaz González Nicandro Díaz González (born August 9, 1963 in Monterrey, Mexico) is a Mexican telenovela producer. Filmography Awards and nominations Premios TVyNovelas The Premios TVyNovelas are presented annually by Televisa and the magazine TVyNo ...

for

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

. It aired on

Canal de las Estrellas Las Estrellas ("The Stars"; previously El Canal de las Estrellas, or "The Channel of the Stars") is one of the cornerstone networks of TelevisaUnivision, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TDT in Mexico City. Many of the ...

from July 15, 2002, to March 17, 2003. It's an

adaptation In biology, adaptation has three related meanings. Firstly, it is the dynamic evolutionary process of natural selection that fits organisms to their environment, enhancing their evolutionary fitness. Secondly, it is a state reached by the po ...

of the 1983 Argentinean telenovela '' Señorita maestra'' (based on the original version also 1974 Argentinean telenovela, ''

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'').

Andrea Legarreta Andrea Legarreta (born Andrea Legarreta Martínez; 12 July 1972) is a Mexican actress, and the main host of TV program ''Hoy''. She is married to the singer Erik Rubin Erik Rubín Milanszenko (born 30 January 1971) is a Mexican singer a ...

and

Eduardo Capetillo Eduardo Capetillo Vásquez (born April 13, 1970) is a Mexican actor and singer. Life He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He belongs to the Capetillo family, who have a long tradition of being bullfighters. Being still very young, he partici ...

starred as protagonists, Daniela Aedo, Óscar Alberto López,

Natalia Juárez Natalia Juárez Zenteno (born February 13, 1995), is a Mexican actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre o ...

, Christian Stanley, Andrés Márquez, Valentina Cuenca, Nicole Durazo and Juan de Dios Martín starred as child protagonists, while

Alejandra Procuna Alejandra Weinstein Procuna (born August 14, 1969, Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North Americ ...

starred as main antagonist.

Plot

Lupita Gómez is a young teacher who recently left her people to go to work in Mexico City at the "Patria Unida" school, as recommended by her godfather Don Joaquín. There, she becomes a 2nd grade teacher. Lupita meets a group of children in her class whom she begins to adore. Her relationship with the children sends the cast on a series of comedic adventures.

Cast

as Guadalupe "Lupita" Gómez Díaz *

as Emiliano Leal *

Miguel de León Miguel Angel de León Lopez (born February 23, 1962) is a Venezuelan actor. He is better known simply as Miguel de León. He has acted mainly in telenovelas, which garnered him international fame across Latin America, where the genre is popular, ...

as Alonso Gallardo *

Joaquín Cordero Joaquín Cordero (; August 16, 1922 – February 19, 2013) was a Mexican actor of the cinema, theatre and telenovelas. Biography Shortly after his birth, Cordero's family moved to Mexico City, and in the following years he studied in a seminary ...

as Don Joaquín Castillo *

Ignacio López Tarso Ignacio López López (born 15 January 1925), known professionally as Ignacio López Tarso, is a Mexican actor of stage, film and television. He has acted in about 50 films and appeared in documentaries and in one short feature. In 1973 he was g ...

as Don Ignacio Robles *

Raquel Olmedo Raquel Olmedo (; born Siomara Anicia Orama Leal on 30 December 1937) is a Cuban-born Mexican actress and singer. She started her career in her native Cuba before moving to Mexico in 1959. She performed in the last years of the Golden Age of Mexi ...

as Director Alarica Caradura *Renata Flores as Segismunda Verrugita/Rosamunda Cocoshka *

Manuel Saval Juan Manuel Ruiz Saval (June 22, 1956 – June 23, 2009) was a Mexican stage, film and television actor who appeared in over twenty telenovelas. His best known role was opposite Victoria Ruffo in the telenovela '' Simplemente Maria''. Biography ...

as Fernando Molina *Rebeca Mankita as Paola de Molina *Isabel Martínez "La Tarabilla" as Francisca "Pancha" *Raúl Padilla "Chóforo" as Felipe Gómez *

Miguel Galván Miguel Eduardo Galván Meza (October 13, 1957 – April 14, 2008) was a Mexican comedian and actor, known for his appearances on TV shows like ''La Parodia'' and ''La Hora Pico''. He died due to a respiratory arrest in a hospital. Biography He w ...

as Primitivo Batalla *Adriana Acosta as Graciela "Chela" de Batalla *Alejandro Ruiz as Julián Castillo *

Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez (born November 2, 1958) is a Mexican actress whose breakout role was the 1983 film '' El Norte.''IMDb
film data ...

as Estela de Castillo *

Nicky Mondellini Nicky Mondellini (born Nicoletta Edna Mondellini Hammond on July 6, 1966, in Milan, Italy) is an Italian-born Mexican actress and professional ballerina. Early life Mondellini was born to a British mother, Joan Hammond, and an Italian father, Ma ...

as Sofía de Luna *Eduardo Rodríguez as Gerardo Luna * Daniela Aedo as Marisol Luna *

as Simoneta Molina *Óscar Alberto López as Diego Loyola Iturralde *Valentina Cuenca as Citlali Castillo *Christian Stanley as Ángel Bueno Piña *Andrés Márquez as Lucas Batalla *Ana Paulina Cáceres as Polita Valle de la Rionda *Nicole Durazo as Brisa Bravo *Juan de Dios Martín as Damián Bravo *Kevin Hung as Yuyi Wong *Brayam Alejandro as Guillermo "Memo" Sánchez Palacios *Valeria López as Wendy Anderson *Raúl Sebastián as Santiago Valderrama *Rafael Banquells Jr. as Othon Valle de la Rionda *Hendrik Marine as Rodrigo Ricardi *

Juan Ignacio Aranda Juan Ignacio Aranda (born Juan Ignacio López Aranda on February 6, 1962, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He began his training in 1978 in Centro de Arte Dramático (CADAC), also studied in The Cockpit Arts Workshop and in The City ...

as Ricardo Ricardi *Susan Vohn as Greta de Ricardi *Jaime Garza as Juan Sánchez/Joanina Dulcinea *

Esther Rinaldi ''Esmeralda'' is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre for Televisa in 1997. It is a remake of a famous 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name Esmeralda original story by Delia Fiallo. On Monday, May 5, 1997, Canal de ...

as Micaela Palacios de Sánchez *

Danna Paola Danna Paola Rivera Munguía (born 23 June 1995) is a Mexican singer, model and actress. She gained popularity as a child actress and singer, starring in dozens of television projects throughout her early childhood and adolescence. Early life D ...

as Estrella Herrera *

Yolanda Ventura Yolanda Ventura (born October 21, 1968 in Barcelona, Spain) is a dual nationality Spanish/Mexican actress and was a Spanish singer when she was young . She is best known for roles in Mexican telenovelas and is a former member of the Spanish child ...

as Dolores Herrera *

David Ostrosky David Ostrosky Vinograd (born December 1, 1956) is a Mexican actor, active since 1984. Early life Ostrosky was born in Mexico, and is of Jewish descent. His father, Pedro Ostrosky, is Lithuanian Jewish from Kyiv, Ukraine, and his mother ''Gu ...

as Dr. Bernardo Arias *

Beatriz Sheridan Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough, better known as Beatriz Sheridan (25 June 1934 – 30 April 2006) was a Mexican actress and director. A pioneer of the Mexican telenovelas and prominent figure of the Mexican theater of the 20th century, sh ...

as Inspector Severina Estudillo *Manuel "El Loco" Valdés as Polidoro *

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as Regina Noriega *Héctor Sáez as Dr. Elpidio *Dacia González as Perpetua *Jorge de Silva as Horacio *

Karla Álvarez Karla Álvarez (; 15 October 1972 – 15 November 2013) was a Mexican actress best known for her roles including '' Maria Mercedes'' and '' Alma Rebelde'' and as a contestant for Big Brother VIP in 2003. Her last TV appearance was ''Qué Bonito ...

as Jacinta Durán *

Roberto Palazuelos Roberto Palazuelos Badeaux (born January 31, 1967), better known as Roberto Palazuelos () or "El Diamante Negro" (The Black Diamond), is a Mexican actor, model and producer; best known for his work in Mexican Novelas. Origins Roberto Palazue ...

as Pantaleón Rendón *

Andrea Lagunes Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that re ...

as Miranda Gallardo Noriega *Anadela Losada as Carolina Muñiz *

Anastasia Acosta Anastasia Acosta (born Anastasia Magdalena Acosta Loría on October 18, 1974) is a Mexicans, Mexican actress and model. Life Born in San José, Costa Rica, Anastasia started her career in the modeling world and came to the attention of Mexica ...

as Dalia *

Vielka Valenzuela Vielka Veronica Valenzuela Lama (born November 7, 1972, in New York, New York, U.S.) is a Dominican people (Dominican Republic), Dominican talk show host and former Miss Dominican Republic. Raised in Concepción de la Vega, Dominican Republic, ...

as Valeria *Jacqueline Arroyo as Thelma *Aurora Molina as Eduviges *Norma Lazareno as Adelina *Elizabeth Dupeyrón as Fabiola Vda. de Robles *

as Diamantina Robles *Silvia Caos as Doña Porfiria Palacios *Julio Vega as Garrido *Guillermo Rivas as Eladio *

Violeta Isfel Violeta Isfel (born Violeta Isfel Garma García on June 11, 1985 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico), is a Mexican actress, singer and model. She played Antonella in the telenovela '' Atrévete a soñar'', and has performed in further telenovelas such ...

as Florencia Paz Ferrer *Rosita Pelayo as Artemisa *

Zully Keith ''Una familia de diez'' (English title: ''The 10 of Us''), also known as Una familia de diez + 2 for the second season, is a Mexican television sitcom that centers on the López household, a middle class Mexican family that constantly endures hila ...

as Nina *Martin Lazareno as Rubén *Ricardo Chávez as Uriel *

Adalberto Martínez "Resortes" Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic '' Adalbert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. It derives from the Old German '' Athala'' (meaning noble) and ''Berth'' (meaning bright). Notable peopl ...

as Vagabundo *Julio Monterde as Father Domingo *

Jacqueline Voltaire Jacqueline Voltaire (6 November 1948 – 8 April 2008) was a British-born Mexican actress, model and singer, known for her successful career in telenovelas, especially on Televisa. Voltaire also appeared in Mexican and international films, inclu ...

as Ballet's Director *Lorena Velázquez as Donatella *Rafael del Villar as Dolores's husband *Lalo "El Mimo" as Mustafa *Mario Carballido as Bruno *

Humberto Elizondo Humberto Elizondo Kauffman (born June 19, 1947) is a Mexican actor of film and television, the son of Mexican diplomat Humberto Elizondo Alardine and Canadian actress Fannie Kauffman. Currently, he portrays Aquiles Trueba in ''Un refugio para el a ...

as Juez Mazagatos * Maria Luisa Alcala as Mr. Alatriste's housekeeper *Juan Carlos Serrán as Pietro Mortadello *

María Rubio María Rubio (September 21, 1934 – March 1, 2018) was a Mexican actress. She worked with Televisa on many telenovelas. She appeared as the villain Catalina Creel in the 1986–87 telenovela, ''Cuna de lobos ''Cuna de lobos'' (English: ''Cr ...

as Mrs. Arredondo *

Julio Camejo Julio Camejo () (born Julio Antonio Sánchez González in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban immigration to Mexico, Cuban Mexican actor and dancer. He has done several Mexican soap operas. He is best known for his role of Veneno in the telenovela Contra ...

as Científico *

René Casados René Casados Morales is a Mexican actor best known for his roles in telenovelas. Biography Casados began working as an actor in the 1970s, appearing in films, television, and theatre, as well as working as a co-host of the program '' XE-TU'' ...

as Mr. Cuéllar *Jorge Van Rankin as Zopenko Karambasoft *

Jacqueline Bracamontes Jacqueline Bracamontes Van Hoorde (born 23 December 1979) is a Mexican actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2000, Nuestra Belleza México 2000 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2001. ...

as The Fairy Treasures *Claudia Ortega as Brigida *Juan Carlos Casasola as Secundino *

Juan Ferrara Juan Ferrara (born Juan Félix Gutiérrez Puerta; November 8, 1943) is a Mexican actor. Family Juan is a son of Ofelia Guilmáin and brother of Lucía Guilmáin y Esther Guilmáin. He was once married to the Mexican actress, Helena Rojo. He ...

as Mauricio Borbolla *

Katie Barberi Katie Barberi () is a Mexican actress known for her work in telenovelas and for her portrayal of Ursula Van Pelt on ''Every Witch Way''. Career Barberi played "Maria Delucci" in the NBC series ''The Bronx Zoo The Bronx Zoo (also historica ...

as Dorina *Juan Peláez as Lic. Arredondo *Verónica Macías as Lic. Arredondo's secretary *

Lisette Morelos Lisette Morelos (; born Lisette Garcia Morelos-Zaragoza on May 21, 1978, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, singer and model. She started her career at a young age. She attended the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA). Her first Tel ...

as Adriana Espinoza *Raúl Magaña as Fabián Espinoza *

Aarón Hernán Aarón Hernán (; 20 November 1930 – 26 April 2020) was a Mexican telenovela and film actor. He had a medal called ''General Ángel Trías Álvarez''. Biography Family Aarón Hernán was born on 20 November 1930, in Camargo, Chihuahua, M ...

as Notario Sotomayor *Marisol Mijares as Ines *Amparo Garrido as Doña Luz *Teo Tapia as Gerente Cardenas *Claudio Báez as Evaristo Leal *Lupita Lara as Cayetana Rubio de Leal *

Alejandro Ibarra Alejandro Ibarra (born José Alejandro Ibarra De Llano on April 28, 1973, in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican actor and singer. Filmography Awards and nominations Premios TVyNovelas The Premios TVyNovelas are presented annually by ...

as Octavio *

Anabel Gutiérrez Anabel Gutiérrez Aicua (5 September 1931 – 21 August 2022) was a Mexican actress and comedian. Among her most memorable works is her participation in the film ''School for Tramps'' (1955), as well as her appearances on the program '' Chespir ...

as Pordiosera *Juan Verduzco as Juez Tirado *Archie Lafranco as Dimitri *Jorge "Maromero" Páez as himself

References

External links

* * at esmas.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Vivan los ninos 2002 telenovelas 2002 Mexican television series debuts 2003 Mexican television series endings Television shows set in Mexico Televisa telenovelas Children's telenovelas Mexican television series based on Argentine television series Spanish-language telenovelas Television series about children Television series about educators