Contra viento y marea (English: Against All Odds[1]) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 2005.

On Monday, April 25, 2005, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Contra viento y marea weekdays at 8:00pm, replacing Apuesta por un amor.

[2] The series stars Marlene Favela, Sebastián Rulli, Adriana Fonseca, Azela Robinson, Kika Edgar, Ernesto D'Alessio, Armando Araiza, Alberto Estrella, Evita Muñoz "Chachita", Beatriz Sheridan.

Her aunt’s husband, Arcadio, is a shameless man who tries to rape Natalia and ends up selling her into white slavery to a gang of thugs.

A street bum who witnessed the fight then robs and kills the man, but Sebastián is blamed for the murder and sent to prison.

It is only when Eduardo falls gravely ill and is not expected to live long that Natalia must decide whether she should marry him out of compassion, or be true to her heart and defend her love for Sebastian "Against All Odds".