Tropico is a telenovela produced and filmed entirely in the Dominican Republic by Venevisión International, Iguana Productions and Antena Latina. It is a remake of the 1997 Peruvian telenovela Escándalo.
Most of the cast and crew are Dominicans, except Jose Luis Rodriguez and Scarlet Ortiz who are Venezuelans, Javier Delgiudice and Giovanna Valcárcel who are from Peru and Victor González who is a Mexican actor.
It looks like bad luck comes in two’s when Win, a young man working as a Creative, lost his job and got himself mixed up in a despicable plot to capture Ae. Ae was a privileged rich girl who had witnessed the murder of a businessman’s son. Ae fabricated a story for her father about Win being a kidnapper and asking for a ransom, as she wanted to aggravate her father for believing her stepmother’s lies when she told him Ae was a murderer.
While being chased by loan sharks, Ella hid in an unlocked car. She was caught by Galang and his fiancee, Martha, while they were on their way, which caught Galang off guard and caused an accident. Martha was swept away by the river, leaving Ella and Galang in the car when they were found. Galang's parents, who don't know Martha, think Ella is Martha, while Galang, who has amnesia, doesn't remember who her fiancé is. Will the truth finally be revealed?
Om’s character is Nol Ratsamee, a heartbroken, woman hating, completely introverted, angry, handsome young man. His former girlfriend screwed him over and left him for his best friend and took his money. His depressive state and views on love and women, garners the attention of his younger sister who is very concern, so she teams up with her bubbly/cheerful best friend Reuangrin Narokmon (Rin) played by Jui Warattaya to find him a girl and to make him be ‘happy’ again. Reungrin moves into their home as maidservant to get close to Om, to know his habits and likes, so that she can play his matchmaker. But a problem arises, Reuangrin begins to fall for Nol.