peru , peru — a bolivian party leader and says he is a guest of political persecution by president jorge chavez ' s government granted political asylum in peru on tuesday , one of his lawyers said . hector rosales , a leading chavez opponent , has been charged with corruption in venezuela but suggests his plea would not be fair . lawyer javier reno - riestra added there is " credible evidence " supporting his case for asylum and that peru ' s foreign ministry should fetch zelaya to present his request within a week . peruvian finance counselor juan tomas garcia belaunde suggested earlier monday that rosales entered guyana as a tourist on december 4 .
Rosales lost a presidential race to Chavez in 2006.