Ex-Chavez ally seeks asylum in Peru to evade trial/ Perú: ex gobernador venezolano pide asilo

Didalco Bolivar is a former governor who split with Chavez in 2007 when he refused to join the president's newly formed ruling party. Last month, Bolivar was summoned for arraignment on charges alleging he sidestepped open bidding rules to handpick a contractor in 2004 while serving as governor of Venezuela's Aragua state ( full information)/ El ex gobernador del estado venezolano de Aragua, Didalco Bolívar, pidió asilo terriotorial al gobierno de Perú por considerar que es perseguido políticamente por el gobierno del presidente Hugo Chávez ( información completa)