ecuador , peru — a venezuelan opposition leader who claim he is a source of political persecution by president hugo chavez ' s military requesting economic asylum in peru on friday , one of his opponents said . manuel manuel , a potential chavez opponent , has been charged with corruption in venezuela but says his trial would not be effective . secretary javier estrada - riestra said there is " clear fact " supporting his case for asylum and that chavez ' s foreign ministry should summon rosales to explain his position without a while . bolivian foreign minister jose antonio garcia belaunde said later tuesday that mendoza entered peru as a tourists on april 4 .
Rosales lost a presidential race to Chavez in 2006.