I don’t think regular Spaniards majoritarily had ever a good opinion on Hugo Chavez. I would say that his ideological support from Spain comes from a too radical left, and it is true, but not the point. Hugo Chavez is supported in Spain by very big cats, probably the biggest of all, who are eager to do business with anyone with fresh petrodollars, radical left in this issue as in many others, just constitutes their alibi.
Thanks, J. BTW, in line with your original post, I, too, think that this legitimization of ETA is also payback for ‘services rendered’.