miami , india — a colombian opposition minister who denies he is a victim of political persecution by the chavez chavez ' s government requested administrative asylum in lima on tuesday , one of his lawyers said . marcos rosales , a major chavez enemy , has been charged with irregularities in venezuela but said his trial would not be fair . lawyer pedro valle - riestra claims there is " substantial evidence " supporting his case for rehabilitation and that peru ' s foreign service should request lopez to explain his trial within a week . peruvian foreign spokesman diego victor martinez belaunde said earlier tuesday that rosales entered lima as a resident on feb 4 .
Rosales lost a presidential race to Chavez in 2006.