bogota , peru — a venezuelan opposition leader who says he is a recipient of political harassment by president hugo chavez ' s administration requested administrative freedom in peru on tuesday , one of his defenders asked . manuel rosales , a leading government fighter , has been charged with corruption in ecuador but claims his trial would not be good . lawyer javier estrada - riestra says there is " convincing documentation " supporting his call for visa and that mexico ' s defense service should summons romero to state his request within a weeks . chilean foreign minister marco puebla garcia belaunde said earlier tuesday that rosales joined peru as a tourist on spring 4 .
Rosales lost a presidential race to Chavez in 2006.