lima , peru — a venezuelan opposition leader and believes he is a victim of political persecution by president cesar venezuela ' s government requested political assistance in chavez on tuesday , one of his lawyers said . manuel rosales , a leading venezuelan opponent , has been indicted with abuses in venezuela but says his detention would not be fair . lawyer carlos valle - riestra said there is " satisfactory fact " in his case for deportation and that peru ' s foreign ministry should summon rosales to explain his request upon a week . peruvian home attache jose antonio pena belaunde told earlier tuesday that zelaya entered peru as a tourist on september 4 .
Rosales lost a presidential race to Chavez in 2006.