Andrea Tuana's feminist NGO receives million-dollar state funding

Tuana is an ultra-radical feminist who leads the extremist NGO El Paso, located in Montevideo. 

With the pretext of fighting against so-called "gender violence" and "for women's rights," this feminist non-governmental organization has, over the years, entered into various agreements with state agencies to receive public funds. 

All Uruguayans who pay taxes are the ones who finance Tuana's feminist NGO, as well as others of its kind.

State funding scheme

The modus operandi of these radical feminist organizations is clear. Since they have legal status, they look for a friendly state official in some agency who can facilitate entering into an agreement with that agency. 

The agreement involves collecting public funds in exchange for "gender workshops," "feminist talks," or "courses to prevent street harassment." 

All of these are completely useless matters that are merely a pretext to receive state funds, that is, money paid by taxpayers through their taxes. 

Neither the feminist NGO El Paso nor similar organizations help any woman prevent any violence. These are shady deals that only seek to collect public funds.

Funding from MIDES

The Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) keeps an agreement with El Paso and the National Institute for Women (InMujeres), which is under MIDES, to operate the Service for Women in Situations of Trafficking for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation.

This service, supposedly, includes direct care, support, guidance, accompaniment, and referral of affected women, as well as resource mapping and inter-institutional coordination. 

The funding comes from public funds allocated to these programs.

The reality is that there have been no positive results, and over the years El Paso has collected hundreds of thousands of pesos from MIDES.

Funding from the Montevideo city government

The capital's municipality, governed by Frente Amplio since 1990, also uses taxpayers'money to inject funds into Tuana's NGO. 

El Paso receives financial support from the city government for supposed "community and social projects," "focused on the prevention of gender violence and the promotion of the human rights of children, adolescents, and women." 

The results have been null, and the Montevideo city government, which has a gigantic deficit, continues to fund this NGO with taxpayers' money, even though there are no positive results.

Both El Paso and other feminist organizations have received millions of pesos from the city government, and in return, there has been nothing positive for the population.

Other public agencies

El Paso also receives state funds from agencies such as the Institute for Children and Adolescents of Uruguay (INAU), for alleged "projects to fight against the violence suffered by women." 

They have also organized "informative talks" about "feminism in adolescence."

No positive results are known, and INAU, with everyone's money, continues to fund this feminist organization as it has done for several years.

Total lack of transparency

Although El Paso is a private organization, it should be public how it spends the funds since it receives state money, that is, it receives monetary resources paid by taxpayers through their taxes. 

However, Andrea Tuana's NGO is in total darkness. It is enough to visit the website to see that there is no reference to funding.

They do not explain how they spend the public funds they receive, nor is there the slightest hint of transparency. 

Instead of informing how they spend the public funds they receive, what prevails is darkness and the concealment of data. 

No exact figures are known regarding how they spend taxpayers' money because El Paso NGO itself is responsible for hiding it. Absolute darkness.