La antorcha encendida (English: The Flaming Torch) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso and Carlos Sotomayor for Televisa in 1996. It was the last historical telenovela produced by Televisa. The plot tells the Independence of Mexico, with an emphasis on historical accuracy. It was written by Fausto Zeron Medina in collaboration with Liliana Abud. It premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on May 6, 1996 and ended on November 15, 1996. Leticia Calderón and Humberto Zurita starred as protagonists, while Juan Ferrara, Julieta Rosen, Alejandra Ávalos and Ari Telch starred as antagonists. Luis Gatica, Christian Bach, Alejandro Ruiz, Julio Beckles, Ernesto Laguardia, Mario Iván Martínez, Sergio Reynoso and the leading actors Patricia Reyes Spíndola, María Rivas, Angélica María, Ofelia Guilmáin, Carmen Salinas, María Rojo, Juan Peláez, Germán Robles, Luis Gimeno, Enrique Rocha, Aarón Hernán, Sergio Jiménez and Lorenzo de Rodas starred as stellar performances. Plot It has been three centuries of Spanish rule. Three hundred years in which the discounted of the population of New Spain has grown along with their suffering by injustice, exploitation, poverty and inequality. It is in this Mexico that begins to awaken which frames the love story between Mariano and Teresa. United not only by affection, but especially by the desire to see their land free, their paths follow the history of Mexico's independence and freedom. The show depicts the lives of three families, de Soto, de Muñiz and the widowed Juana de Foncerada and her five adopted children. Mariano Foncerada will face Don Pedro to defend Teresa de Muñiz, whom he loves, and Pedro seeks to destroy him, without suspecting that Mariano is his son. Cast Leticia Calderón as Teresa de Muñiz Humberto Zurita as Mariano Foncerrada Juan Ferrara as Don Pedro de Soto Julieta Rosen as Manuela de Soto Ari Telch as Luis Foncerrada Juan Peláez as Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Ernesto Laguardia as Gral. Ignacio Allende Ofelia Guilmáin as Doña Macaria de Soto Aarón Hernán as Father Julián de Ibarne Angélica María as Doña Bernarda de Muñiz Sergio Reynoso as Don José María Morelos y Pavón María Rojo as Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Doña Juana de Foncerrada Carmen Salinas as Doña Camila de Foncerrada Enrique Rocha as Virrey Félix María Calleja René Casados as Agustín de Iturbide Jerardo as Santiago de Soto Sergio Sánchez as Don Jacinto de Muñiz Ramón Abascal as Mariano Jiménez