Amantes del Desierto (Desert Lovers), is a Spanish-language telenovela

Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

 produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo

Telemundo

Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

, RTI Colombia

RTI Colombia

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 and Caracol Television. This limited-run series ran for 121 episodes from March 19, 2001 to September 4, 2001.
This telenovela is sold to 8 countries around the world.

Plot

A man and a woman who love each other have to confront the world, in order to defend their feelings. Andrés Bustamante has been sentenced to twelve years in the gloomy cliff jail. Colonel Miguel Santana's daughter Barbara helps him escape from jail and takes him to the arid desert to hide. They are chased by Miguel Santana who makes them go through many dangerous adventures in search for freedom.

Desert Lovers is a passionate and adventurous love story that takes place between the 50's and 60's. It is starred by Andrés Bustamante, a young, modest doctor, and Bárbara Santana, a woman who was born in a time when very conservative ideas ruled society.

Main cast

Actor	Character	Known as
Francisco Gattorno Francisco Gattorno Francisco Alejandro Gattorno Sánchez , better known in the show business world plainly as Francisco Gattorno, is a Cuban actor. He owns property in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida.-Biography:...	Andres Bustamante	main hero
Maritza Rodríguez Maritza Rodriguez Maritza Rodríguez Gómez is a Colombian telenovela actress and model.-Career:Rodríguez is best known for her modeling and acting in several telenovelas. Besides acting, she is also an entreupurner and has her own line of beauty products.-Personal life:Rodríguez has three brothers and speaks English...	Bárbara Santana	main heroine
Roberto Escobar	Miguel Santana	father of Bárbara
Catherine Siachoque Catherine Siachoque 'Catherine Siachoque is a Colombian actress best known for her roles in numerous telenovelas.-Career:...	Micaela Fernández	alias, ex-housekeeper, wife of Miguel, main villain
Ana Soler	Esther de Santana	ex-wife of Miguel, Bárbara's mother, gets killed by Micaela
Edgardo Román	"Leutenante" Idelfonso Cubillos	villain
Juan Pablo Shuk	Bruno Salegue	lover of Micaela, villain, gets killed by Micaela
Rolando Tarajano	Santos Libardo / Satanás	real brother of Andres
Helios Fernández Helios Fernández Helios Fernández was a Spanish actor born in Barcelona, Spain on August 16, 1940 but considered himself to be a Colombian. He died October 3, 2004 in Bogota, Colombia....	Padre Moran	priest of the Farallon prison
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Maria Cristina Gálvez	Bertha de Fonseca	wife of Pacho
Ricardo González	Tomas "Tomasito" Fonseca	son of Pacho and Bertha
Agmeth Escaf	Javier Negrete	son of Rafael, Bárbara's 2nd boyfriend, villain
Víctor Cifuentes	"Leutenante' Abelardo Mejia	Griselda's husband
Ivette Zamora	Griselda	Bárbara's maid and friend