Simplemente María

María Mercedes, a poor girl who sells lottery tickets, meets a rich man who hates his own family and sees in María Mercedes an opportunity to make their lives miserable.

Esmeralda is a telenovela that was released by Televisa in 1997. It is a remake of a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name, and was itself remade in Brazil in 2004. Another version is Topacio from Venezuela in 1984. One of the most famous telenovela all the time.

Amarte es mi pecado is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from January 5 to May 14, 2004. Created by Liliana Abud, with adaptation by Jaime García Estrada and Orlando Merino, the story follows Leonora Madrigal, a young woman whose life is marked by betrayal, sacrifice, and forbidden love. After being accused of a crime she did not commit, Leonora faces the consequences of a painful past while trying to rebuild her life and find happiness. The telenovela explores themes of love, revenge, ambition, and redemption.

Emiliano, a wealthy Mexican businessman, is ripped off by his friends and partners. Hidden in Bogotá, he receives help from Rosario, a mariachi singer. She does not know Emiliano’s background and that he is wanted by the police of two countries and by a criminal organization. With a new name and personality, he adapts well to his new life as a mariachi band member and finds in Rosario the love of his life. But he is afraid his secret will tear them apart. He needs to clear his name and resolve his case to avoid that fate. Meanwhile, he often finds his love tested and vulnerable to several rivals, but Rosario always trusts that he has been honest with her.