Ramona is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucy Orozco for Televisa that premiered on April 3, 2000 and ended on July 14, 2000. Based on the 1884 novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson. It was the last telenovela of Eduardo Palomo, who died in 2003 of a heart attack. It was also the first telenovela of Tony Dalton. Kate del Castillo, Eduardo Palomo and René Strickler starred as protagonists, while Sergio Sendel as the main antagonist. Shaula Vega, Kristoff Raczyñski, Raúl Ochoa and Ramón Menendez starred as antagonists. Helena Rojo starred as stellar performance. Plot Ramona returns to the family ranch after years of being educated by nuns. Ramona reunites with her mother and brother and childhood friend, the Indian Alejandro. Ramona falls in love with Alejandro and the couple is faced with the prejudices of being an interracial couple. The family selects a suitable husband for Ramona and a wedding is planned. Family secrets come to light exposing the truth of Ramona's birth and her Indian heritage. The ill-fated romance continues when Alejandro kidnaps Ramona at the altar. The two enjoy a short-lived honeymoon before Alejandro is taken captive by the authorities and is hanged. Ramona returns home to live with her mother and Felipe who has loved her since childhood. Ramona is pregnant with Alejandro's child, so she and Felipe get married. This ill-fated romance is played out against the backdrop of the impending statehood of the Mexican territory, which ultimately becomes what is most often referred to as California. Cast Kate del Castillo as Maria Ramona Moreno Gonzaga Eduardo Palomo as Alejandro de Asís Helena Rojo as Doña Ramona Gonzaga Vda. de Moreno René Strickler as Felipe Moreno Gonzaga Sergio Sendel as Rex/Jack Green Antonio Medellín as Don Pablo de Asís Rafael Inclán as Juan Canito Angelina Peláez as Martha Canito Vanessa Bauche as Margarita Canito René Casados as Angus O'Fail Ricardo Blume as Ruy Coronado Felipe Nájera as Fernando Coronado Gabriela Murray as Analupe Coronado Nicky Mondellini as Beatriz de Echague Chela Castro as Perpetua de Echague Luis Couturier as César de Echagüe Juan Ríos Cantú as El Norteño Álvaro Carcaño as Father Salvatierra Kristoff as Davis Raúl Ochoa as Merryl Ramón Menéndez as Dr. Thomas Isela Vega as Matea Shaula Vega as Manuela Roberto "Flaco" Guzmán as Nepo Andrés García Jr. as Billy Dubois Luis Bayardo as Father Sarriá Paty Díaz as Carmen Oscar Traven