''El vuelo del águila'' (''The Flight of the Eagle'') 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'' ...

produced by Ernesto Alonso and Carlos Sotomayor 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 ...

in 1994–1995. Telenovela based on the Mexican soldier and President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz, from his name had come out the title "Época Porfiriana" or "Porfiriato" during the period of his rule, in the years 1876–1911. It starred by

Manuel Ojeda Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film '' Romancing the Stone''. ...

Jacqueline Andere María Esperanza Jacqueline Andere-Aguilar (born August 20, 1938) is a Mexican actress. Life and career Andere was born in a Jewish family located Mexico City on August 20 1938. Her appearances in telenovelas began with 1960's '' Vida por Vid ...

, Humberto Zurita, Mariana Levy,

Patricia Reyes Spíndola Patricia Verónica Núñez Reyes Spíndola (born 11 July 1953) is a Mexican actress, director, and producer. She has received four Ariel Awards, two for Best Actress ('' Los Motivos de Luz'' in 1985 and ''The Queen of the Night'' in 1994), and ...

Ernesto Gómez Cruz Ernesto Gómez Cruz (born 7 November 1933) is a Mexican prolific actor with more than 154 films.Ernesto Gómez Cruz
at th ...

and

Alma Delfina Alma Delfina (née Alma Delfina Martínez Ortega) is a Mexican actress. Acting career Sister of the director Gonzalo Martinez Ortega, writer Mario Iván Martínez and the actresses Socorro Bonilla and Evangelina Martínez. She is also the aun ...

Plot

A military hero of the Reform War, called Porfirio Díaz, was also one of the most important strategists behind the overthrow of the Second Mexican Empire. Diaz tried several times to come to power through military coups, until a last revolution in 1876 led him to the Presidency of the Republic. Except for a brief period (1880-1884), Porfirio Díaz ruled until 1911, when the takeover by

Francisco I. Madero Francisco Ignacio Madero González (; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who became the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'etat in February 1 ...

forced him to resign and go into exile. Diaz lived to see his revolution undone and how all the profits made were destroyed by their own very long stay in power. As a hero or a cunning weaver of intrigues, Porfirio Díaz learns, fight, machine, rules, kill, peaceful, love, suffering, crying and devotion dedicated to his work without ever leave until their own people rebels to expel power.

Cast

as '' Porfirio Díaz'' *

as '' Carmen Romero Rubio'' * Humberto Zurita as ''Porfirio Díaz (adult)'' * Mariana Levy as ''Carmen Romero Rubio (young)'' *

as ''Petrona Mori'' *

Ernesto Gómez Cruz Ernesto Gómez Cruz (born 7 November 1933) is a Mexican prolific actor with more than 154 films.Ernesto Gómez Cruz
at th ...

as ''

Benito Juárez Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican liberal politician and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. As a Zapotec, he was the first indigenous pre ...

'' *

as ''

Delfina Ortega Díaz Delfina Ortega Díaz (October 20, 1845 – April 8, 1880) was the first lady of Mexico, as Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ( or ; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican general and pol ...

'' * Gastón Tuset as '' Mariano Escobedo'' * Claudio Brook as ''Manuel Romero Rubio'' *

Beatriz Aguirre Beatriz Ofelia Aguirre Valdes (March 21, 1926 – September 29, 2019) was a Mexican film and television actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the tradition ...

as ''Agustina de Romero Rubio'' * Irán Eory as ''Agustina de Romero Rubio (young)'' *

Israel Jaitovich Israel Jaitovich Cortés (born 12 August 1969 in Mexico City) is a Premios TVyNovelas award-winning Mexican actor, producer, writer and racing car driver. He produced and co-hosted the Televisa variety series '' Desmadruga2.'' Jaitovich began hi ...

as ''

Manuel González Flores Manuel del Refugio González Flores (18 June 1833 – 8 May 1893) was a Mexican military general and liberal politician who served as the 35th President of Mexico from 1880 to 1884. Before initiating his presidential career, González played ...

(young)'' * Roberto D'Amico as ''Manuel González Flores (adult)'' * Socorro Bonilla as '' Margarita Maza de Juárez'' * César Castro as ''

Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada y Corral (; 24 April 1823 – 21 April 1889) was Mexican liberal politician and jurist who served as the 27th president of Mexico from 1872 to 1876. A successor to Benito Juárez, who died in office in July 1872, Le ...

'' * Mario Casillas as ''Carlos Pacheco'' * Martha Mariana Castro as ''Rafaela Quiñones/Justa Saavedra'' * Ismael Aguilar as ''

Tomás Mejía Camacho José Tomás de la Luz Mejía Camacho, better known as Tomás Mejía (September 17, 1820 – June 19, 1867), was a Mexican soldier of Otomi background, who consistently sided with the Conservative Party throughout its nineteenth century confli ...

'' * Isabel Andrade as ''Desideria Díaz'' * Roberto Antúnez as ''Cenobio Márquez'' * Armando Araiza as ''Bolero'' * Roberto Ballesteros as '' Vicente Guerrero'' *

Luis Bayardo Luis Jorge Bayardo Ramírez (born October 28, 1935 in Tecolotlan, Jalisco, Mexico), is a Mexican television actor. His film career began in the last years of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema The Golden Age of Mexican cinema ( es, Época de ...

as ''

'' *

Óscar Bonfiglio Óscar Bonfiglio Martínez (October 5, 1905 – November 4, 1987) was a Mexican football goalkeeper, and Olympian, who played for the Mexico national team in the 1930 World Cup. Career Bonfiglio was the first goalkeeper beaten in World Cup histo ...

as '' Gustavo A. Madero'' * Diana Bracho as ''Atala Pérez Olazábal de Madero'' * Raúl Buenfil as ''

Ignacio Zaragoza Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (; March 24, 1829September 8, 1862) was a Mexican general and politician. He led the Mexican army of 600 men that defeated 6,500 invading French forces, including the elite French legionnaires at the Battle of Puebla ...

'' * Quintín Bulnes as ''

Henry Lane Wilson Henry Lane Wilson (November 3, 1857 – December 22, 1932) was an American attorney who was appointed by President William Howard Taft to the post of United States Ambassador to Mexico in 1910. He brought together opponents of Mexico's democra ...

'' * Juan Carlos Casasola as ''Francisco Zarco'' * Óscar Castaneda as ''

Emiliano Zapata Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the ins ...

'' * Aaron Hernan as ''Bernardo Reyes'' * Lumi Cavazos as ''Amada Díaz'' * Jorge Celaya as ''Esteban Aragón'' * Uriel Chávez as ''Homobono'' *Eugenio Cobo as ''

Venustiano Carranza José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican wealthy land owner and politician who was Governor of Coahuila when the constitutionally elected president Francisco I. Madero was overthrown in a Februa ...

'' * Juan Carlos Colombo as ''

Melchor Ocampo Melchor Ocampo (5 January 1814 – 3 June 1861) was a Mexican lawyer, scientist, and politician. A mestizo and a radical liberal, he was fiercely anticlerical, perhaps an atheist, and his early writings against the Catholic Church in Mexico ga ...

'' * Carlos Corres as ''Justo (16 years old)'' * Constantino Costas as ''Espinoza/Gorostiza'' *

Pedro Damián Pedro Muñoz Romero (born 29 November 1952), known as Pedro Damián, is a Mexican actor, television producer and director, executive producer of popular teen telenovelas, ''Clase 406, Lola, Erase Una Vez, Mis XV,'' ''Rebelde, Like La Leyenda ...

as '' José María Pino Suárez'' *

Dulce María Dulce María Espinosa Saviñón (, born 6 December 1985), simply known as Dulce María, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, actress and author. Dulce María began her career at age 5, participating in more than 100 TV commercials. At 11 she was pa ...

as ''Delfina (child)'' * Julieta Egurrola as ''Luisa Romero Rubio'' * Humberto Elizondo as '' Manuel Mondragón'' * José Antonio Ferral as ''Father Pardo'' * Laura Flores as ''

Empress Carlota of Mexico Charlotte of Belgium (''Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine''; 7 June 1840 – 19 January 1927), known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota, was by birth a Princess of Belgium and member of the House of ...

'' *Esteban Franco as '' Félix Díaz'' * Rocío Gallardo as ''Damiana'' * Juan Pablo Garcíadiego as ''Luis Mier y Terán'' *

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as '' José María Iglesias'' * Jaime Garza as '' Ricardo Flores Magón'' * Luis Gimeno as ''

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...

'' * Magda Giner as ''María Cañas Buch'' * Miguel Gómez Checa as ''Marcos Pérez'' *

Sergio Goyri Sergio Matusalem Goyri Pérez (born 14 November 1958) is a Mexican actor, particularly known for his performances in soap operas. In 2019 he received significant negative coverage after complaining about the film community nominating Yalitza ...

as '' Jesús González Ortega'' * Salma Hayek as ''Juana Catalina Romero'' * Mel Herrera as ''Porfirio Díaz Ortega'' * Blanca Ireri Espinosa as ''Delfina (9 years old)'' * José Antonio Iturriaga as ''Flavio Maldonado'' * Luz María Jerez as ''Doña Inés'' * Eduardo Liñán as '' François Achille Bazaine'' * Ángeles Marín as ''Nicolasa Díaz'' * Beatriz Martinez as '' Archduchess Sophie of Bavaria'' * Mario Iván Martínez as '' Maximilian I of Mexico'' * Antonio Medellin as '' Felipe Berriozábal'' *Ramón Menéndez as ''Manuel González de Cosío'' * Raúl Meraz as ''

Francisco León de la Barra Francisco León de la Barra y Quijano (June 16, 1863 – September 23, 1939) was a Mexican political figure and diplomat who served as 36th President of Mexico from May 25 to November 6, 1911. He was known to conservatives as "The White Presid ...

'' * Maristel Molina as ''Paula de Anda'' * Roberto Montiel as ''Dr. Manuel Antonio Ortega'' * Óscar Morelli as ''Ignacio Martínez de Pinillos'' * José Luis Moreno López as ''Ignacio Mejía'' * Juan Carlos Muñoz as '' Miguel Miramón'' * Montserrat Ontiveros as ''Nicolasa Díaz (16 years old)/Sofía Romero Rubio'' * Claudia Ortega as ''Manuela Díaz (18 years old)'' * Adalberto Parra as '' Juan Nepomuceno Almonte'' * Tito Reséndiz as ''

Ignacio Comonfort Ignacio Gregorio Comonfort de los Ríos (; 12 March 1812 – 13 November 1863), known as Ignacio Comonfort, was a Mexican politician and soldier who was also president during one of the most eventful periods in 19th century Mexican history: La ...

'' * Bruno Rey as '' Victoriano Huerta'' * Guillermo Rivas as '' Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos'' * Fabián Robles as ''Porfirio Díaz (15 years old)'' * Julián Robles as ''Félix Díaz (15 years old)'' * Juan Romanca as ''

Guillermo Prieto Guillermo Prieto Pradillo (10 February 1818 – 2 March 1897) was a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, poet, chronicler, journalist, essayist, patriot and Liberal politician. According to Eladio Cortés, during his lifetime he was consi ...

'' * Alejandro Ruiz as ''Justo Benítez'' * Roberto Ruy as ''Juan'' * Héctor Sáez as ''Jerónimo Treviño'' * Polo Salazar as ''López Lazcano'' * Óscar Sánchez as ''Durán Roa'' * Salvador Sánchez as '' Ignacio Ramírez'' * Sergio Sánchez as '' José Ives Limantour'' * Juan Carlos Serrán as '' Félix Zuloaga'' * Evangelina Sosa as ''Delfina (young)'' * Moisés Suarez as ''José Agustín Domínguez y Díaz'' * Zulema Williams as ''Vicenta'' * Luis Xavier as ''

Franz Joseph I of Austria Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...

'' * Eduardo Santamarina as ''Dr. Manuel Antonio Ortega Reyes'' * Miguel Ángel Biaggio * Luis Cárdenas * Guillermo Iván * Alfonso Iturralde * Alejandro Montoya * José María Negri * Arturo Ríos * Elías Rubio

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vuelo Del Aguila 1994 telenovelas Mexican telenovelas 1994 Mexican television series debuts 1995 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico Televisa telenovelas Cultural depictions of Porfirio Díaz