Spain has ordered the return of the technicians who built the warship "Comandante Eterno Hugo Chávez" in Venezuela

Spain has ordered the repatriation of a group of technicians who they were in Venezuela preparing a warship built by a Spanish shipyard, because of the political crisis and uncertainty in the South American country, the newspaper reported on Tuesday The country.

The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, is one of the world leaders who have been supporting the opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, elected interim president of Venezuela by the National Assembly, in defiance of the current chauvinist regime of Nicolás Maduro.

The vessel in question is the "eternal Commander Hugo Chávez" (code GC-24)., one of four Guaicamacuto-clbad coastal surveillance vessels planned for 2005, during the government of the Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, by Navantia shipyard, based in Cadiz, for Venezuela.

It is 79.9 meters long and 11.5 meters long and displaces 1,700 tons.. Its crew is composed of 44 people at sea and can travel at a speed of 22 knots (about 40 km / hour) with a range of 4,000 nautical miles (about 7,408 km).

The first two of the clbad, the "Guaicamacuto" and the "Yavire", were built in Spain and are in use, while the "eternal Commander Hugo Chávez" is still being built in a Venezuelan shipyard in Puerto Cabello, under the direction of Navantia.

Spanish technicians and engineers visited Venezuela regularly during this process, but now they will be repatriated because of the tension between Madrid and Caracas, diplomatic sources said The country.

On the other hand, Navantia has not confirmed the situation and claims to "evaluate the situation".

The construction of the "eternal Commander Hugo Chávez" began in 2008 and was to be ready in three years. but the whole process has been delayed in the midst of the socio-economic crisis in Venezuela and the embargo on arms sales imposed by the European Union on the Maduro regime, in response to the brutal repression of opponents.

It was launched in 2014 and the work is not yet finished, in Spain investigates a possible case of corruption and payment of bribes in the 2005 contract for an amount of 1,246 million euros, which included the four Guaicamacuto clbad ships and four other ships of another type.