Fights, moments of tension and violence due to surreal disputes in a demonstration formed mainly by Vox, which has made some chants directly racist. "No Moors, Spain is not a zoo" is a dehumanizing stretch previously only reduced to marginal xenophobic groups. But the far-right party continues its in crescendo and chanted it loudly from the party's official PA system, and the two hundred protesters behind the Vox banner echoed it. All of this was part of a lackluster march that wound its way down Barcelona's Passeig de Gràcia this Sunday, lacking in traction and filled with internal clashes. In addition to Vox, the PP (People's Party)—with Daniel Sirera and Nacho Martín Blanco—and the remnants of Ciutadans (Citizens) were also present. In total, it brought together 1,200 protesters, according to the Guardia Urbana (Urban Police), as well as two thousand dancers unrelated to the march.

With the usual absence of sovereignty and the surprising absence of Vox leader Santiago Abascal, October 12th this year was the day of bipartisanship, which, despite the differences, sustains pillars of the state such as the monarchy and accompanies it on the day of exhibitionism of the armed forces. The Spanish government has a Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, who this Sunday stood and watched the entire military parade, just like Felipe VI and the main military authorities with reserved seats in the main tribune, while the rest of the members of the Spanish executive spent their time with long faces or looking at their cell phones. But this bipartisanship is now experiencing a giant distancing, reflected in another scene from the parade: the spokesperson for the PSOE in Congress, Patxi López, was sitting next to his counterpart in the PP, Ester Muñoz, who spent the entire event with her back slightly turned to him and conversing with her party leader, Alberto Núñ.

Hispanic heritage has sparked a fundamental debate on the Spanish right. In the fight over immigration, the People's Party (PP) wants to prioritize Latin America to welcome newcomers, to the detriment of African nations or those with an Islamic origin. It has devised the points-based visa, which rewards "cultural proximity", and has done so claimed Alberto Núñez Feijóo and the president of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who has said that "Hispanic immigration is not immigration"The offensive raises questions such as what Hispanic heritage entails and how it can impact the demos. That is, what does it mean to be Spanish? Spanish nationalism looks toward the 48 million inhabitants of Spain or the 600 million it claims to include. Hispanic heritageImmigration policies are just the first link in a rumor that hides linguistic and religious reasons behind the product of colonization. Thus, the Spanish intelligentsia is speaking out, as is the case of an academic with a long career in Latin America: the philosopher and educator Gregorio Luri supported Ayuso's approach and, in conversation with ARA, maintains that "Hispanic immigration is not immigration." He says he has lived in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, etc. and that he has "never" felt "foreign," but "much closer than with France." Hispanic identity, with the Castilian cultural and linguistic thread, has consequences, which is why history has placed "in the hands" of Spain "a tool" and it can be "used as a throwing weapon or as a tool to build the future."