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Caribbean-Latin America
Venezuela Opposition Leader Flees to Peru
2009-04-22
April 21 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan opposition leader and Maracaibo Mayor Manuel Rosales, who was scheduled to appear in court yesterday on corruption charges, has left the country and is seeking political asylum in Peru.
We saw this one coming. I'm surprised he went to Peru and not either Colombia or Panama.
The mayor is being "politically persecuted," said his wife, Eveling Rosales, in comments broadcast by CNN's Spanish- language channel. Manuel Rosales, 56, lost the 2006 presidential election to President Hugo Chavez.

"The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized," Leopoldo Lopez, a member of Rosales's Un Nuevo Tiempo party and former mayor of the Caracas borough of Chacao, said in a telephone interview. "This is retaliation and selective repression."
Posted by:Unutle Brown8234

#4  It's a bit curious he went to Peru, but understandable. Peru is one of the big four countries on the continent, and it's best he avoid Colombia to not give Hugo another excuse to meddle there. Brazil and Argentina are likely to extradite him, but Peru should be more amenable - an opportunity for them to act more politically mature, particularly after the latest Fujimora actions.

Hugo also won''t want to inflame Peruvians - that would only make trouble for his erstwhile allies in Bolivia and Ecuador, both of which are in Peru's shadow.

This may play well for Peru, showing Venezuela to be what it is in South America, a second or third tier power, not that any of the MSM here would ever report that.
Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division   2009-04-22 23:13  

#3  Now that the President of the most powerfull nation in the world is giving ligitimacy to tyrants like Chavez by palling around with them, the tyrants return home feeling powerfull enough to finish the job of crushing any and all dissent. Way to go Obama. Shame on America.
Posted by: Unutle Brown8234   2009-04-22 11:07  

#2  Well, he best not come to the United States

He's likely to be arrested and returned.
Posted by: Kelly   2009-04-22 10:33  

#1  Had you supported him Obama, you would have CHANGE. And happy people too.

You let a country down and am now a figure for propaganda by Chavez. That is a different time magazine upstairs.
Posted by: newc   2009-04-22 00:48  

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