# Amantes del desierto

Amantes del Desierto (Desert Lovers), is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States–based television network Telemundo, RTI Colombia and Caracol Television. This limited-run series ran for 121 episodes from March 19, 2001, to September 4, 2001.

## 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 1950s and 1960s. It stars Andrés Bustamante as a young, modest doctor, and Bárbara Santana as a woman who was born in a time when very conservative ideas ruled society.

## Cast
### Main cast

| Actor | Character | Known as |
| Maritza Rodríguez | Bárbara Santana | Main heroine, stepdaughter of Miguel & Esther & Camila real sister. Wife of Andres. Andrea Bustamante Santana’s mother. |
| Francisco Gattorno | Andres Bustamante | Main hero, husband of Barbara. Andrea Bustamante Santana’s father. |
| Catherine Siachoque | Micaela Fernández / Manuela Olivares | Main villain, Alias, ex-housekeeper, ex-wife of Miguel, later killed by Miguel Santana. |
| Roberto Escobar | Miguel Santana | Colonel of prison "Faralion", stepfather of Bárbara |
| Ana Soler | Esther de Santana | Ex-wife of Miguel, Bárbara's mother, is killed by Micaela |
| Edgardo Román | Idelfonso Cubillos | Leutenante in prison "Faralion", villain, gets killed by prisoners |
| Juan Pablo Shuk | Bruno Salegui | Lover of Micaela, villain, is killed by Micaela |
| Rolando Tarajano | Santos Libardo / Satanás | prisoner of Cliff jail, brother of Andres |
| Helios Fernández | Padre Morán | Priest of the Farallon prison |
| Carlos Barbosa | Francisco de Paula "Pancho" Fonseca | Husband of Bertha |
| Maria Cristina Gálvez | Bertha de Fonseca | Wife of Pacho |
| Ricardo González | Tomás "Tomasito" Fonseca | Son of Pacho and Bertha |
| Agmeth Escaf | Javier Negrete | son of Rafael Negrete, Bárbara's 2nd boyfriend |
| Víctor Cifuentes | Abelardo Mejía | Leutenante in prison "Faralion", Griselda's husband |
| Ivette Zamora | Griselda | Bárbara's maid and friend |
| Margálida Castro | Magdalena Libardo ‘Tania’ | mother of Santos |
| Roberto Mateos | Alejandro García | Barbara's doctor, in love with her |
| Andrea López | Camila Santana | Agustín's daughter, Bárbara's real sister |
| Santiago Bejarano | Agustín Santana | brother of Miguel, real father of Bárbara |
| Roxana Montoya | Andrea Bustamante Santana | daughter of Andres and Bárbara |
| Leonor Arango | Elena Bustamante | mother of Andres, gets killed at the operation by Cubillos |
| Raúl Gutiérrez | Sergio Góngora | Rafael's real killer, Javier's lawyer, villain |
| Patricia Tamayo | Isabel | in love with Javier |
| Maria Luisa Rey | Maria Gracia | in love with Santos |
| Alexander Paez | Piraña | "prisoner of "Faralion", friend of Andres, gets killed at the operation by Cubillos |
| Lucy Martínez | Nemesia | Barbara's helper witch |
| Carolina González | Filomena | lover of Tomasito |
| Carlos Hurtado | Toño | owner of the bar in the village Esmeralda |
| Liliana González | Josefina | wife of Toño, in love with Javier |
| Sandra Pérez | Trinidad | member of Bruno's gang, gets killed by Cubillos |
| Alberto León Jaramillo | Jalil | owner of the moving circus |
| Júlio del Mar | Aurelio León | General of Cliff jail |
| Fernando Corredor | Guillermo Muñoz | Procuror, Sergio's accomplice, villain, gets killed by Micaela |
| German Rojas | Damian Fabre | Painter |
| Martha Suárez | Jamaica | Micaela's maid and her accomplice, witch |
| Guilied López | Lucía | Blind, in love with Luis Felipe, Idelfonso's love interes |
| Orlando Pardo | Luis Felipe | Doctor, in love with Lucía, friend of Alejandro |
| Xiomara Segura | Barbie | Santos' girlfriend, gets killed by Cubillos |
| Paola Díaz | Sabrina Montenegro | workwoman of Khalil, Tomasito's lover |
| Vilma Vera | Gertrudis | sister in chapel |
| Julio Echeverri | Inspector | Agustín's friend |
| Luís Fernando Ardilla | Pinocho | |
| Julio Cesar Pachón | Tijeres | "prisoner of "Faralion", friend of Santos |
| Néstor Alfonso Rojas | El Pulgarcito | in love with Filomena, workman of Fonseca's mine |
| Olga Cecilia Mendoza | Rita | |
| Jose Cardeño | Joaquín | |
| Claudia Rocio Mora | Nelly | Micaela's accomplice nurse |
| Carlos Zerrato | El Ratón | prisoner of Cliff jail, Lucia's brother |
| Alejandro Tamayo | | a driver, gets killed by Micaela |

## International Broadcasting

| Country | Alternate title/Translation | TV network(s) | Series premiere | Series finale | Weekly schedule | Timeslot |
| Azerbaijan | Səhrada Məhəbbət | ANS TV | 2002 | 2002 | Monday to Friday | 19:00 |
| Bulgaria | Любов в пустинята | bTV | 2001 | 2002 | Monday to Friday | 11:00 |
| Georgia | სიყვარული უდაბნოში | Imedi Media Holding | 2003 | 2004 | Monday to Friday | 18:00 |
| Serbia | Pustinjski ljubavnici | TV Košava | 2002 | 2002 | Monday to Friday | 19:00 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Pustinjski ljubavnici | RTV USK | 2003 | 2004 | Monday to Friday | 19:00 |
| Morocco | الحب في الصحراء | 2M TV | 2003 | 2004 | Saturday to Wednesday | 18:00 |
| Somaliland | Jacaylkii Lama-degaanka | Horn Cable Television | 2008 | 2009 | Saturday to Wednesday | 19:00 |