“Hate takes over the streets of Chile”: swastikas and antisemitic slogans seen in Chile march against a new constitution

Nazi symbols and antisemitic slogans were paraded in the streets of Chile during a march on 10th October in opposition to a new constitution for the South American nation.

The march took place in Las Condes, a municipality in the Santiago province. Some of the marchers protesting against the proposed new constitution wore Nazi symbols, made Hitler salutes and flew flags with swastikas.

Many wore shirts bearing the initials ATP, signifying support for the nationalist ATP movement whose slogan is “Chile for Chileans” and whose acronym stands for Aun Tenemos Patria (“We still have a homeland”). It states that it is “openly anti-globalist” and “against progressivism and its political correctness.”

In a tweet, Marcelo Isaacson, Executive Director of Comunidad Judia de Chile, the country’s umbrella Jewish organisation, asked: “Germany 1930? No, Chile Oct 2020. Hate takes over the streets of Chile.”

Since last year, there have been frequent protests calling for a new constitution to reduce inequality in Chile, but the nationalist ATP opposes a new constitution.

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Image credit: Simon Wiesenthal Center