Guillermo Mariscal, a People's Party deputy for the electoral district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, said that the Spanish government needs to "scrutinize, and monitor Hugo Chávez's regime and impose some sort of sanctions on it."

"We have requested the presence of Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos in the Spanish Parliament to advise of the explanations given by the Venezuelan government that its relations with the (Basque terrorist group) ETA and (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) FARC do not exist," Mariscal said in an interview with Venezuelan radio station Unión Radio.

The deputy of Spain's leading opposition party announced that if Venezuela's relations with the irregular groups are proven, "the Spanish Parliament will seek actions against the government of Hugo Chávez."