Bienvenida Esperanza is a Venezuelan telenovela developed by Fausto Verdial and produced by Radio Caracas Televisión in 1983.
Esperanza meets José María, the son of a rich merchant, and they fall in love.
He is already engaged, and, when faced with a choice, he decides to marry his fiancé, leaving Esperanza disillusioned and pregnant.
Her father throws her out of the house, but Jacinto, who grew up with her, proposes to marry her and raise the child as his own.
When she does not immediately reject him, Jacinto becomes cold and harsh towards her and only then does Esperanza begins to love him.