An interview with Venezuelan actress Gabriela Spanic
by Fer Amaral and Jennifer Timmons

Venezuelan actress Gabriela Spanic is author of Mi Vida Entre Lineas (My Life Between Lines), her story of living with domestic violence.

She suffered severe domestic violence from her former partner, who often threatened to commit suicide in front of her.

"The torments that I lived were the life I lost. Feelings of passion, pain, deep melancholy and a lot of confusion invaded me. The light which once protected me, turned dark, cloudy, it went far off, it dissolved in the squall of emotions that became our relationship, where our passion drowned."
VIOLENCE

" I've had several violent situations in my life. Since I became a public figure, I've kept this to myself because women who've suffered from violence are always at risk of being crucified, and feel great frustration for not being able to scream the truth to the world, because people would never believe them.

One day, being seven months pregnant, I almost lost my son due to depression, insults, and the unfair, public harassment of the father of my son.

I decided to share my experience with three hundred women of Fundación Mujeres Latinas de Weston (Weston’s Foundation for Latin Women).

I got the courage to talk.

I was no longer afraid

Read the entire interview at: http://www.asafeworldforwomen.org/en/dviolence.html