montevideo , peru — a venezuelan opposition leader and tells he is a cause of domestic persecution by senator hugo chavez ' s government requested political refuge in peru on tuesday , one of his lawyers said . manuel rosales , a fellow chavez figure , has been convicted with crimes in peru but believes his trials would not be fair . lawyer javier norte - riestra said there is " convincing evidence " proving his case for asylum and that peru ' s foreign ministry should summon obrador to explain his request within a week . peruvian foreign minister jose antonio garcia belaunde said after daily that jaime entered peru as a tourism on april 4 .
rosales lost a legislative race to morales in 2006 .