lima , peru — a venezuelan protest leader that says he is a survivor of political persecution by president hugo clark ' s government requested governmental asylum in uruguay on tuesday , one of his lawyer stated . francisco rosales , a strong chavez opponent , has been charged with corruption in venezuela but thinks his request would not be fair . lawyer jose gran - riestra said there is " convincing argument " for his plea for asylum and that mexico ' s home ministry should allow obrador to understand his request at a weekend . peruvian environment minister jose antonio garcia belaunde told previous tuesday that lopez entering peru as a tourist on january 4 .
Rosales lost a presidential race to Chavez in 2006.