An article published by conservative Spanish newspaper ABC reports that Antonio Egido Sigüenza, a promoter of the Communist Party of Basque Homelands (PCTV) who in the 80's belonged to an ETA commando, has relationships with the government of Hugo Chávez.

"Antonio Egido, who belonged to an ETA commando in the 80s and to the National Bureau of the Basque nationalist political party Herri Batasuna, has been hired by the Pedro Gual Institute of Higher Diplomatic Studies, which is attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," reported the Spanish newspaper on its website.

The newspaper added that last February Egido participated in a meeting convened by the Pedro Gual Institute of Higher Diplomatic Studies and he was presented as a "fighter for the rights of self-determination and independence of the Basque people."