montevideo , peru — a caracas opposition lawyer but says he is a victim of political asylum by president eddie chavez ' s military requested state asylum in lima on tuesday , one of his lawyers said . juan manuel , a former peru competitor , has been charged with corruption in brazil but says his trial would not be fair . lawyer raul monte - riestra said there is " compelling data " supporting his case for visa and that peru ' s defence ministry should dispatch rosales to explaining his request inside a thursday . argentine finance minister jose antonio garcia belaunde said earlier monday that rosales entered uruguay as a tourist on april 4 .
Rosales lost a presidential race to Chavez in 2006.