Politics
On Thursday morning, political leader Oscar Pérez, a member of the board of opposition Alianza Bravo Pueblo (ABP) party, formally requested asylum at the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

There, he claimed to be persecuted for political reasons by the administration of Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez and representatives of the public powers, particularly Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz.

On August 27th, Judge Leidys Azuaje issued a b bench warrant against the leader.

He is facing charges for solicitation to crime and scheming, following a march against the recently enacted education law that was held on Saturday 22nd, in Caracas. The demonstration, organized by Pérez, among others, was brutally repressed by police and National Guard officers.

Caracas Prefect Richard Blanco and student leader Julio César Rivas are behind bars for this same case.