''Los Parientes Pobres'' (''Poor Relatives'') 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

Carla Estrada Carla Estrada (born Carla Patricia Estrada Guitrón on March 11, 1956 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican television producer, one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America. Biography In 2005, the Mexican government decided t ...

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 1993. Lucero sang the main theme and it was an airplay hit in all Latin America. It was never released as a single, but it appears in the special album

Lazos de Amor ''Lazos de amor'' (English title: ''Τies of love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1995. It stars Lucero (entertainer), Lucero and Luis José Santander. Plot The series centers around María Guadalupe, María ...

and her Lucero album known as ''Veleta''. Lucero and

Ernesto Laguardia Ernesto Laguardia (; born October 5, 1959) is a Mexican actor known for his performances in Mexican telenovelas. Biography Laguardia was born in Mexico City and started as a model while he was in elementary school. His enthusiasm eventually led ...

starred as protagonists and Co-starring

Nuria Bages Nuria Bages ( born Nuria Bages Romo on December 23, 1950) is a Mexican actress better known for her work in television and the stage. Active in Mexican television since the early 1980s, Bages became a household name after winning the role of Si ...

and Joaquín Cordero, while

Alexis Ayala Alexis Ayala (born David Alexis Ayala Padró on 9 August 1965) is an American-born Mexican actor of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico. Biography Career Ayala debuted as an actor at the age of 22 with the film ''En peligro de muerte'' ("I ...

Chantal Andere Chantal Andere (, born Jacqueline Chantal Fernández Andere; born January 25, 1972) is a Mexican actress and singer best known for her portraying as the villainess, the vamp or the bitter woman in telenovelas. She has come across as a serious ...

, Humberto Elizondo, Maribel Fernández,

Delia Casanova Delia Casanova (born Delia Margarita Casanova Mendiola on November 4, 1948, in Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bord ...

Ana Patricia Rojo Ana Patricia Rojo Stein (born February 13, 1974) is a Mexican actress and singer. She is famous for her participation in many telenovelas of Televisa, like '' María la del barrio'' as Penelope Linares (1995), '' Esmeralda'' as Georgina Pérez- ...

and the leading actress

Bertha Moss Bertha Moss (August 7, 1919 – February 4, 2008), born Juana Bertha Moscovish Holm, was an Argentine actress of stage, television and film, famous for appearing in many Mexican telenovelas. Life She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She die ...

starred as antagonists. Co-protagonizada por

y Joaquín Cordero

Plot

Two families, the Santos and the Olmos, face a fight of power, ambitions, selfishness and love. The Santos are provincial family that has a pottery factory with financial problems, which Ramiro Santos (Rogelio Guerra) manages along with his cousin Evaristo Olmos ( Joaquín Cordero). However, this business deal finishes due to personal differences, this provokes the rancor and hate of Ramiro, and his family goes into bankruptcy, while Evaristo Olmos achieves an excellent status. When Ramiro dies, his family moves to the capital, hoping for a good fortune. But destiny will set a trap, when Evaristo offers his house for them to live, here his family treat them very bad, with contempt and haughtiness because they are the poor relatives.Novia de América http://www.noviadeamerica.com/html/novela3.html

Cast

* Lucero as ''Margarita Santos'' *

as ''Jesús "Chucho" Sánchez'' *

as ''Alba Zavala'' *

as ''Bernardo Ávila'' *

as ''María Inés de Santos'' * Joaquín Cordero as ''Evaristo Olmos'' *

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 ...

as ''Paulino Zavala'' *

Rogelio Guerra Hildegardo Francisco Guerra Martínez (8 October 1936 – 28 February 2018), known artistically as Rogelio Guerra, was a Mexican actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the f ...

as ''Ramiro Santos'' *

as ''Eloísa de Olmos'' *Fernando Casanova as ''Ricardo de Olmos'' *

as ''Griselda Olmos'' * Claudia Ramírez as ''Juliana Santos'' * Maribel Fernández as ''Amalia de Zavala'' *Luis Gimeno as ''Marlon'' *Eduardo López Rojas as ''Father Cayetano'' *Bertha Moss as ''Aunt Brígida'' *Guillermo Aguilar as ''Dr. Samuel Gómez'' *Ernesto Godoy as ''Silverio Santos'' *

Alejandro Tommasi Alejandro Tommasi (born Alejandro Casares Tommasi; August 14, 1957) is a Mexican television, stage and film actor. Personal life Tommasi is of Italian descent. Tommasi came out as gay and married his 35 years old boyfriend, Óscar Ruiz, in Sept ...

as ''Cristóbal'' *Socorro Avelar as ''Toñita'' *Rosario Zúñiga as ''Francisca Olmos'' *Esteban Soberanes as ''Gabriel Olmos'' * José María Torre as ''Luisito Santos'' *Estela Barona as ''Alondra'' *Patricia Martínez as ''Rosa'' *Guy de Saint Cyr as ''Jean Paul Dominique'' *Pituka de Foronda as ''Magdalena'' *Oscar Servín as ''Francois'' *

Fabiola Campomanes Fabiola Campomanes Rojas (born 30 July 1972) is a Mexican actress. Biography Campomanes enrolled at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) run by Televisa. In addition, she studied film and television direction at UCLA. Campomanes began her ...

as ''Elda'' * Patricia Navidad as ''Esmeralda'' *

Consuelo Duval María del Consuelo Dussauge Calzada (born 11 January 1969), more commonly known by her stage name Consuelo Duval, is a Mexican comedian and actress of film, television, theatre, and voice-over. She is known for her various comic characters such ...

as ''Celina'' *Susana Lozano as ''Pilar'' *Paola Otero as ''Bertha'' *Lorenzo de Rodas as ''Roque del Toro'' *José Luis Castañeda as ''Erasmo'' *María Luisa Coronel as ''Petrita'' *Isabel Cortázar as ''Sandra'' *Marco de Joss as ''Marco'' *Carlos Osiris as ''Vago'' *Rafael de Quevedo as ''Genaro'' *Fernando Lavín as ''Chencho'' *Sara Luz as ''Patricia'' *Pedro Luévano as ''Manuel'' *Pedro Morante as ''Don José'' *Genoveva Pérez as ''Clementina'' *Ivette Reyna as ''Flora'' *Guillermo Sauceda as ''Ignacio'' *Rafael Bazán as ''Pelón'' *Angélica Soler as ''Lidia'' *Margarita Valencia as ''Isidra'' *Isabel Martínez "La Tarabilla" *Amparo Montes *Mauricio Ferrari *Bárbara Córcega *Guadalupe Bolaños *José Antonio Ferral

Awards

References

External links

* 1993 telenovelas Mexican telenovelas 1993 Mexican television series debuts 1993 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico Televisa telenovelas {{Mexican-telenovelas-stub