Paraguay
Sara Durán says the Colorado Party fell behind on the gender agenda and calls for reclaiming its tradition
The substitute legislator from Vamos Uruguay said her party lost ground on issues it once promoted. She also defended nighttime raids and called for an opposition more engaged with everyday reality.
Colorado substitute legislator Sara Durán said in an interview with Búsqueda that the Colorado Party is “very” behind on gender issues and argued that it must once again reclaim its historic role in that agenda. According to her, she is bothered that the Frente Amplio has appropriated social causes that, in her view, were previously driven by Batllismo.
Durán, a security figure in Vamos Uruguay, said that within the party she is working on the action protocol for cases of gender-based violence and sexual harassment. According to her account to Búsqueda, that text was presented in March 2024 and this year the deputy secretary for Gender, Andrea Maddalena, resumed the push with the intention of approving it in November.
In the interview, the leader also defended the debate on political parity. Although she acknowledged differences with Senator Pedro Bordaberry, whom she supports in her sector, she said she prefers to focus on points of agreement rather than disagreements. In that context, she mentioned her participation in the Network of Women Politicians and said that there they work on a shared agenda among leaders from different parties.
Durán also linked her political outlook to her own personal history. She told Búsqueda that she grew up in an environment of violence and hardship, and that studying was a form of rebellion against a destiny she saw as almost sealed. She also said that she worked in prisons, taught yoga to people deprived of liberty, and that experience shaped her view of public security.
On that front, she backed nighttime raids and recalled that she defended the 2024 plebiscite to authorize them. She argued that there is less traffic on the streets at night and that, in any case, there is always a judicial order. At the same time, she was critical of Nayib Bukele’s so-called security model and questioned whether brief visits allow one to understand the real situation of a prison system.
Regarding the government, Durán told Búsqueda that her assessment is worse than she expected. She questioned the lack of responses and coordination, especially on security, and said there are leaders who are detached from what is happening on the street. In that sense, she called for “getting into the streets, going into the mud” and closely observing everyday life in order to understand the problem.
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