Abrázame muy fuerte (Embrace Me)[1] is a Mexican telenovela that aired from July 2000 to February 2001, under the production of Salvador Mejía Alejandre.

Cristina (Victoria Ruffo) is a sweet and tender young girl, loved by everyone in "El Platanal", a beautiful estate owned by Don Severiano Álvarez (Joaquín Cordero), her father, a tough country man with a rigid character.

Due to the manipulations of Federico Rivero (César Évora), little María del Carmen returns to the estate as Raquela's daughter.

Federico is happy with the arrival of his nephew, Carlos Manuel (Fernando Colunga), a handsome young man who has finished his medical studies abroad.

Carlos Manuel gets Ángel Luis Robles (Arnaldo André), his teacher and friend who is a specialist in ophthalmology, to analyze Cristina's case of blindness so that he can help him operate on her.