Minas de pasión

Minas de pasión (English: Mines of Passion) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Pedro Ortiz de Pinedo for TelevisaUnivision. The series is based on the 2013 American telenovela La Patrona, itself an adaptation of the 1984 Venezuelan telenovela La dueña. It aired on Las Estrellas from 21 August 2023 to 14 January 2024. The series stars Livia Brito, Osvaldo de León, Anette Michel and Alejandro Camacho.

Plot
Emilia Sánchez is a single mother who works in a mine, where she meets Leonardo Santamaría, son of Roberta Castro, the most powerful woman in town. Emilia and Leonardo fall in love, unleashing Roberta's rage, who, upon learning that Emilia has discovered her mismanagement of the mine's administration, will seek revenge by making her life miserable.

Cast

 * Livia Brito as Emilia Sánchez / Victoria Alcázar
 * Osvaldo de León as Leonardo Santamaría
 * Anette Michel as Roberta Castro de Villamizar
 * Alejandro Camacho as Julián Sánchez "El Tigre"
 * Cynthia Klitbo as Zaira Pérez
 * Karyme Lozano as Aleida Cervantes
 * Sylvia Sáenz as Sara Quintana
 * Rodrigo Murray as Adalberto Quintana
 * Carlos Gatica as Sebastián Martínez
 * Rodrigo Brand as Danilo Betancourt
 * Omar Germenos as Fidel Roldán de la Fuente
 * Mayra Rojas as Joaquina Castro
 * Alma Cero as Gigi Quintana
 * Lizy Martínez as Jennifer Quintana
 * Moises Peñaloza as Orlando Roldán
 * Adolfo de la Fuente as Mauricio Santamaría
 * Michelle Orozco as Miriam "Mimi" García
 * Melissa Lee as Fatima
 * Arturo Posada as Ezequiel
 * Raúl Orvañanos
 * Priscila Solorio as Flor
 * Iker García as Nicolás Sánchez Guzmán
 * Andrés Ruanova as 6-year-old Nicolás
 * Edward Castillo as Gael Sánchez Pérez
 * Lukas Urkijo as teen Gael
 * Valeria Burgos as María José "Marijo" Villamizar
 * Arianna Valh as teen Marijo
 * César Évora as Ignacio Villamizar
 * Pedro Sicard as Marat

Development
In March 2023, it was reported that TelevisaUnivision would be producing a remake of the 2013 American telenovela La Patrona, with Pedro Ortiz de Pinedo as executive producer. On 11 May 2023, de Pinedo announced that Minas de pasión would be the series official title. On 16 May 2023, the series was announced at TelevisaUnivision's upfront for the 2023–2024 television season. Filming of the series began on 25 May 2023.

Casting
On 24 March 2023, Osvaldo de León was announced in the lead role. On 14 April 2023, Alejandro Camacho joined the cast in the role of El Tigre. On 12 May 2023, Livia Brito was announced to star opposite of de León, and an extensive cast and characters list was published. Ariadne Díaz was initially considered for the lead role, however, she rejected the role for personal reasons.