El perdón de los pecados (English title: The forgiveness of sins) is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Ibsen Martínez and produced by Venevisión in 1996.^[1]

Carolina Perpetuo and Daniel Alvarado starred as the main protagonists, accompanied by Elluz Peraza, Yanis Chimaras and Milena Santander.

Calixto Maldonado is a working-class man who owes everything to Augusto Marquez-Cata, an ambitious politician who is his best friend. Due to their strong friendship, Calixto has the opportunity of entering and interacting in the social and financial circles of high society, therefore making him Augusto's figurehead. However, their close friendship will be put to the test with the arrival of a young and beautiful woman with two names, Margarita Guanchez who comes from an affluent family in the provinces to escape to the city.