Best Venezuelan Telenovelas of the 90's

The granddaughter of a wealthy kind man is secretly switched at birth to fulfill the greedy desires of an opportunistic family member & is instead raised in a traveling circus as the granddaughter of a gypsy fortune teller. She discovers the truth of her origins years later when she falls in love with the stepson of her biological grandfather.

Clara Albornoz es una jovencita marginada e injustamente tachada de retrasada mental. Ella pertenece a la familia más poderosa del país. Cuando este secreto le es revelado, decide ir a Caracas en busca de su padre, Israel Santamaría. Pastora Lara Portillo, la madre de Raúl y esposa del poderoso Israel Santamaría no permitirá que esta chica se apodere de lo que ella considera que le corresponde.

Miguel is a member of one of Caracas' richest families while Estrella is a poor but hard-working beautiful girl who sells newspapers to earn a living. When they meet, they fall in love and begin a beautiful romance that leads to marriage. However, not everything is rosy for the couple.

Powerful sorcerer Maniña makes a covenant for Eternal youth in exchange of never having kids on her own

The love story of the rich Maria Teresa Montero and the fabulous escape artist Simon Leal.

Gilda Barreto´s dream comes true when she marries Raymundo Landaeta, a rich and handsome young man who does not mind her poor upbringing. Their love is deep and sincere but too young and fragile to withstand the evils the couple must face at the hands of Leonidas Landaeta, Raymundo´s mother. Leonidas is a selfish, arrogant and domineering woman who has different plans for her son: marry him to Yamilex, a woman of their same social level. She dedicates wholeheartedly to separate Raymundo from Gilda, using Yamilex as her accomplice. Leonidas relentless efforts to break up the marriage succeed within a short period of time, causing Raymundo and Gilda to divorce. Emotionally destroyed, Gilda returns to her former life of poverty, working hard at odd jobs to earn a decent living. Raymundo goes on a long trip abroad and upon his return home, becomes involved with Yamilex. Fate, however, has decided that Raymundo and Gilda are meant for each other. Gilda finds a way to become part of Raymundo´s life once again, winning back his love and getting even with the cruel woman who so deeply and unjustly hurt her. No Other Like You is a gripping and exciting story in which true love must face countless problems before finally conquering evil.

A poor daughter of a fisherman starts a romance with a rich tourist, who is already engaged to an arrogant, spoiled woman.

This is a story of betrayal and passion. Betrayal at the hands of Vicente Echeverría, who stole Gonzalo Landaeta's land and woman, causing Landaeta to die of sorrow; passion in the hearts of his three beautiful daughters, Manuela, Emiliana, and Camila, for whom stern, intransigent Vicente will fight to the end. Manuela Echeverría, about to be married to Ezequiel Erellano, goes through turbulent changes when she meets Rodrigo Uzcátegui, who gives her the most overwhelming tenderness and the most irresistible passion--and who causes her the deepest confusion. Emiliana Echeverría is torn between love for a man and respect for her father when she falls in love with Juan Cristóbal Landaeta, an older man who is her father's fiercest enemy. Camila Echeverría defies her father by falling in love with her childhood playmate Darío Guanipa, whom Vicente perceives as just a peasant working his land. Three unforgettable women caught between love and betrayal.

Educative and captivating.

Love literally falls from the sky for Samantha del Llano, a beautiful and free-spirited young peasant, who lives and works at landowner Valdemar Rincon's lavish hacienda. One day, while wandering around the far reaches of the ranch in search of her horse, Samantha sees a small private plane crash nearby, and she immediately runs to the scene of the accident. Inside the plane, she finds Luis Alberto Aranguren, badly hurt but semi-conscious. Although she does not realize it yet, this handsome millionaire from the city will be her one true love. Because the impact from the crash has caused Luis Alberto to lose his memory, he is unable to tell Samantha and the Rincon family his real identity. They believe him to be merely the pilot, an employee of the powerful Aranguren Corporation instead of its owner. Samantha does not really care who he is - she is a sweet, unpretentious country girl with few ambitions - and her main concern is nursing this stranger back to health. During the following weeks, a magical romance develops between Samantha and Luis Alberto, two persons who know practically nothing about each other, but are simply following their hearts. However, once Luis Alberto is taken back to the capital, he recovers his memory and unconsciously blacks out everything that happened after the accident, including the loving Samantha. He returns home to discover that his wife, gravely ill for five years, has died. Everyone thinks she succumbed to her illness, but in reality Betzaida, who is secretly in love with Luis Alberto and is now determined to conquer him, murdered her. Another woman will try to do the same: Raiza, Valdemar Rincon's daughter, a spoiled and selfish college student who set her sights on Luis Alberto after discovering his wealth and social position. One day, while on a date with Raiza, Luis Alberto suddenly remembers Samantha, her soft touch, her radiant smile, her overpowering sweetness. Realizing what he left behind, he goes back to find her. They marry immediately, in a quiet village ceremony. Upon their return to the city, Samantha must face three formidable enemies: Betzaida, Raiza and Luis Alberto's teenage daughter, Anabela, who feels betrayed by her father's wedding, so soon after her mother's death.

This is a remake of the famous 'La Dama de Rosa.' Jose Ignacio Quintana is a very powerful, successful businessman who is involved in a loveless, childless marriage when he meets Daniela Martinez and discovers that there is real love. But both will go through many difficulties and misunderstandings to reach happiness together.

Naive, beautiful Aurora Pabuena finds love and happiness with Diego Caceres until Rodrigo Caceres, his malicious twin brother, takes Diego's identity, confusing and hurting her feelings. In the midst of betrayal and disillusion, Aurora escapes to the city and begins a new life as a model and unknowingly becomes the star of her natural mother's fashion line: Carita.

Reinaldo takes over the family's business. Since then, he has spoiled his three younger siblings Luis Guillermo, Gabriela and Jean Paul. He did the same with his two daughters, Vicky and Jennifer. When Reinaldo turns out to be terminally ill, Armando Malave cheated the Nunez family out of all their stock in the company. Also Malave's daughter Daniela never shows up for her wedding to Luis Guillermo. Reinaldo confines in Ines Leal, a woman who grew up in the Nunez mansion and is now his daughter's tutor and nanny. Ines has been in love with Luis Guillermo. Meanwhile Diego Andres Anzola, a young psychiatrist is engaged to Michelle Malave. But he breaks off the engagement after he meets Marisela, a poor orphan, who is taken in by Reinaldo.

This is the poignant story of Marina Rangel, a courageous, determined young physical therapist struggling to support her family by working at a public hospital where she meets handsome, rich Dr. Samuel Montalvan--and there begin her real troubles. Montalvan takes an instant dislike to Marina and finds an excuse to have her fired unjustly. Jobless and desperate, Marina is finally hired to work in a private home, caring for a woman who has recently become blind. It turns out, fortuitously, that her patient is none other than Dr. Samuel Montalvan's wife, the frustrated and conniving Andrea. Life at the Montalvan mansion becomes unbearable, as Marina is the constant victim of contemptuous attacks by Andrea, who cannot accept her handicap and is determined to make everyone suffer for it. Meanwhile, amidst this conflict, a deep, passionate love blossoms between Marina and Samuel, but their relationship does not stand a chance. Many surprising events and terrible coincidences conspire to keep them apart. Andrea recovers her eyesight but hides the fact to keep manipulating Samuel. Marina's former lover reappears, revealing that he is actually Samuel's brother, and causing serious problems between Samuel and Marina. When he is murdered by a jealous lover, Marina is blamed and sent to prison. Believing Marina to be his brother's killer, Samuel abandons her. Years later, Marina and Samuel meet again. Now married to another man, she assures Samuel that it is all over between them. But is it? Will the feelings they still have for each other be stronger than the obstacles they face?