caracas , peru — a venezuelan opposition leader who says he is a result of economic persecution by president hugo castro ' s party demanded political refugees in peru on tuesday , one of his justices explained . fernando rosales , a key government opponent , has been charged with corruption in venezuela but says his trial wil not be easy . lawyer manuel valle - riestra said there is " reasonable evidence " behind his requests for asylum and that peru ' s foreign relations should call rosales to explains his request during a week . peruvian foreign minister jorge anton garcia belaunde confirmed earlier friday that obrador joined uruguay as a tourist on april 4 .
Rosales lost a presidential race to Chavez in 2006.