Manuel Antonio Rosales Guerrero (born December 12 1952 in Santa Bárbara del Zulia) is a Venezuelan educator and politician and was the most prominent opposition candidate in the 2006 presidential election losing to incumbent Hugo Chávez. He served as a congressman mayor and governor but in April 2009 stepped down as Mayor of Maracaibo when he was charged with corruption in Venezuela and fled to Peru. Rosales denies the charges and was granted political asylum in Peru.
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