paris , brazil — a venezuelan former leader which denies he is a cause of political discrimination by president hugo chavez ' s government requests political asylum in peru on wednesday , some of his prosecutors said . jose rosales , a key bolivar opponent , has been charged with corruption in ecuador but claimed his defence would not be fair . lawyer javier valle - riestra said there is " convincing evidence " supporting his case for nationality and that peru ' s foreign ministry should call romero to explain his request for a week . peruvian justice minister jose francisco garcia belaunde said that tuesday that manuel entered peru as a tourist on december 4 .
Rosales lost a presidential race to Chavez in 2006.