''Mundo de fieras'' (English: ''Love and Cruelty'') is a Mexican

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produced by

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for

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that premiered on July 31, 2006, and ended on January 19, 2007. It is a remake of the

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telenovela '' Mundo de fieras'', produced in 1991. The telenovela stars

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and

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Plot

Gabriel and Demián are identical twins but very different. Gabriel grew up in the high society while his brother grew up in poverty which caused him to have a grudge against Gabriel and wants to destroy him. Gabriel is a widow who remarried to the hysterical Joselyn. An accident makes Joselyn miscarry and causes disability to Luisito, the son of her and Gabriel. Joselyn blames her husband and makes his life miserable, with help from her mother Miriam and her daughter Karen from her first marriage. They are the "beasts" that destroy Gabriel. Yes One day a young humble named Mariángela comes to the mansion to teach Luisito, and Gabriel falls in love with her. The "beasts" takes charge to destroy Mariángela, especially when they discover that she is the illegitimate daughter of Don Clemente, Miriam's husband and father of Joselyn.

Cast

Main

as Gabriel Cervantes-Bravo / Demián Martínez Guerra *

as Joselyn Rivas del Castillo Arizmendi de Farías / de Cervantes-Bravo *

as María Ángela Cruz/María Ángela Rivas del Castillo Cruz *

as Leonardo Barrios Arizmendi *

as Miriam Arizmendi Vda. de Rivas del Castillo *

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as Dolores Farías *

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as Regina Farías de Martínez *

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as Nicolás Navarro *

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as Juan Cristóbal Martínez Farias * Sara Maldonado as Paulina Cervantes-Bravo Forlan *

as Karen Farias Rivas del Castillo

Supporting

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as Otilia Álvarez Vda. de Velásquez *Claudio Báez as Don Federico Velásquez *Javier Ruán as Padre Domingo *Lupita Lara as Simona *Juan Peláez as Clemente Rivas del Castillo *

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as Don Germán *

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as Belén *

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as Tiberio Martínez Farías *Alejandro Ruiz as Silvestre *Sebastián as Luis "Luisito" Cervantes-Bravo Rivas del Castillo/Luis "Luisito" Cervantes-Bravo Velásquez *

Silvia Manríquez Silvia Manríquez (born January 27, 1953, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexicans, Mexican actress. She is known for her roles in telenovelas. Professional life Manriquez began her career in 1974, after she was named "El Rostro del Heraldo" by a ...

as Ingrid *Elizabeth Aguilar as Chela *Julio Vega as Mario *Rodrigo Mejía as Rogelio Cervantes-Bravo Forlán *Manuel Medina as Pedro *Paola Treviño as Diana de Cervantes-Bravo *Ricardo Vera as Dr. Fuentes *Rocio Valente as Violeta *Lidice Pousa as Elsa Barrios *Alberto Salaberry as El Coyote *Benjamín Rivero as Mastín *Sheyla as Mayeya *Reynaldo Rossano as Cortito *Gustavo Sánchez Parra as El Chacal *

Carmen Salinas Carmen Salinas Lozano (5 October 1939 – 9 December 2021) was a Mexican actress, impressionist, comedian, politician, and theatre entrepreneur. She was associated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during her later career as a po ...

as Candelaria Gómez Vda. de Barrios Special participation *Dulce as Aurora Cruz *Myrrha Saavedra as Soraya *

René Strickler René Strickler (born October 20, 1962) is an Argentine actor. Telenovelas Show hosting * '' TVyNovelas Awards'' 2005 (2005) * '' Oye Awards'' 2004 (2004) (TV) External links * Biográfía de René Strickler(en esmas.com) Biografía de Re ...

as Edgar Farias *

Irán Castillo Irán Castillo Pinzón (Veracruz, January 4, 1977) is a Mexican singer and actress. She is known on television for her work in Televisa telenovelas during the 1990s and early 2000s, such as '' Agujetas de color de rosa'', ''Soñadoras'', '' ...

as Cecilia *

África Zavala África Ivonne Lechuga Zavala (; born 12 August 1985 in Mexico City) is a Mexican actress. Biography 2000s Graduated from the Centro de Educación Artística, CEA of Televisa, she began her career at age 21 starring in the telenovela ''Peregri ...

as Aurora Cruz (young)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{Televisa telenovelas 2000s 2006 telenovelas 2006 Mexican television series debuts 2007 Mexican television series endings Televisa telenovelas Mexican television series based on Venezuelan television series Spanish-language telenovelas