lima , peruvian — a venezuelan opposition leader whom saying he is a victim of political persecution by presidential carlos venezuelan ' s government requested legislative assistance in peru on sundays , one of his lawyers said . manuel rosales , a leading peru opponent , has been indicted with fraud in venezuela but says his trial would not be fair . attorney xavier valle - riestra said there is " legitimate evidence " regarding his case for asylum and that peru ' s foreign ministry should summon varela to explains his claim within a year . chilean foreign secretary javier antonio garcia belaunde said earlier wednesday that rosales entered peru as a tourist on april 4 .
Rosales lost a presidential race to Chavez in 2006.