lima , peru — a venezuelan party leader who says he is a survivor of political persecution by president hugo chavez ' s government sought political asylum in peru on sundays , one of his lawyers say . manuel rosales , a leading chavez opposition , has been charging with fraud in panama but says his trial would not be fair . solicitor javier valle - riestra said there is " credible knowledge " of his plea for freedom and that peru ' s culture agency should fetch rosales to understand his request within a days . peruvian foreign minister jose luis garcia belaunde explained later tuesday that rosales entered peru as a tourist on april 4 .
Rosales lost a presidential race to Chavez in 2006.