| Genre: | Telenovela |
| Story: | Emilio Larrosa |
| Screenplay: | Alejandro Pohlenz |
| Director: | Salvador Garcini |
| Theme Music Composer: | Martín Muñoz |
| Opentheme: | "Las vías del amor" performed by Aracely Arámbula |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Num Episodes: | 220 |
| Executive Producer: | Emilio Larrosa |
| Producer: | Arturo Pedoraza Loera |
| Cinematography: | Lino Gama |
| Camera: | Multi-camera |
| Company: | Televisa |
| Network: | Canal de las Estrellas |
Las vías del amor (The Tracks of Love)[1] is a Mexican telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 2002.
The series stars Aracely Arámbula, Jorge Salinas, Enrique Rocha and Daniela Romo.[2]
Gabriel is an electronic engineer and former seminarian who is consumed with remorse and guilt; when he was a child he lost his brother Nicholas. That loss caused Gabriel's father a heart attack. His mother has never forgiven him for that.
Gabriel tried to purge his guilt in the priesthood, but left the seminary because of an affair with Sonia, a humble washerwoman. Gabriel never forgot Sonia, despite being in a relationship with Sandra who he does not love. Upon discovering that truth, Sandra attempts suicide. Adolfo, a millionaire and owner of a chain of nightclubs, is in love with Sandra. Gabriel returns to be with Sonia and discovers that she is working as a prostitute and offers to pay all her expenses, her mother’s treatment, and an apartment to make her quit being a prostitute. But Gabriel's true love is far away, in Tlacotalpan.
Perla is a young, cute, and poor waitress who is also a clairvoyant. Her powers let her know that her boyfriend Paco is in danger, but he ignores her. Paco is killed and Perla discovers through her visions that his killer has a tattoo of a skull on the arm. Elmer is an employee of Don Geronimo, the owner of many properties in Tlacotalpan and Perla's boss. Once discovered, Elmer blackmails Perla to accept the marriage proposal from Don Geronimo if she does not want him to kill her father. After Gonzalo, who is Paco's best friend, comes to where Perla lives, Gonzalo wants to find the assassin of his friend and he gets into some problems——one being that he is trafficking with Sebastian and Enrique. Additionally, he is also Elmer's enemy. Gonzalo tells Perla that Paco will protect Perla from Don Geronimo and Sebastian.
Perla accepts Don Geronimo's proposal who will show her a world of luxury and beauty which she always dreamed of. On a trip to Mexico City with her boyfriend Don Geronimo, Perla encounters Gabriel, who will be her true love.
The wedding takes place and, during the banquet, someone murders Don Geronimo. Enrique blames Fidel who flees to the Capital. Sick and penniless, Fidel is rescued by Leticia, a good, hardworking merchant who, by a twist of fate, is harassed and stalked by Sebastian, brother of Don Geronimo. Perla decides to go to the Capital to find her dad with the help from Gabriel, and the two slowly fall in love. But Sonia will make Perla's life miserable to win for Gabriel's love.
But these are not Perla's only problems. First is Sebastian, a criminal who seeks Perla and her father to avenge the death of his brother; there's also 'El Dandy', the pimp of Sonia, who Gabriel confronts in order to defend Sonia, and who now seeks revenge; and Enrique, the son of Don Geronimo who killed him because of the obsession he has with Perla; and he will not rest until he finds her.
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 21st TVyNovelas Awards[3] | |||
| Best Telenovela | Emilio Larrosa | rowspan="3" | ||
| Best Actress | Aracely Arámbula | |||
| Best Actor | Jorge Salinas | |||
| Best Antagonist Actress | Sasha Montenegro | rowspan="2" | ||
| Best Antagonist Actor | Enrique Rocha | |||
| Best Leading Actress | Daniela Romo | rowspan="4" | ||
| Best Leading Actor | José Carlos Ruiz | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Nuria Bages | |||
| Best Female Revelation | Manuela Ímaz | |||
| El Heraldo de México Awards[4] | ||||
| Best Actress | Daniela Romo | rowspan="5" | ||
| Best Actor | Enrique Rocha | |||
| Best Female Revelation | Elizabeth Álvarez | |||
| Best Male Revelation | Jorge Consejo | |||
| Palmas de Oro Awards | Best Antagonist Actor | Enrique Rocha | ||
| INTE Awards | ||||
| Production of the Year | Emilio Larrosa | rowspan="2" | ||
| Actress of the Year | Aracely Arámbula | |||
| Supporting Actress of the Year | Daniela Romo | |||
| Supporting Actor of the Year | Enrique Rocha | rowspan="2" | ||
| Screenwriter of the Year | Alejandro Polhenz |