Manuel Rosales

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Manuel Rosales in 2008

Manuel Antonio Rosales Guerrero (born December 12, 1952 in Santa Bárbara del Zulia ) is a Venezuelan politician. He was governor of the western state of Zulia , chairman of the Un Nuevo Tiempo party and, from 2006, his country's opposition leader.

Rosales initially worked as a primary school teacher. From 1996 to 2000 he was mayor of the capital Zulia, Maracaibo , and later became governor. In November 2008 he was re-elected Mayor of Maracaibos.

In 2002 he took part in the putsch by Pedro Carmona against President Hugo Chávez .

In August 2006, the country's opposition agreed on Rosales as the opposition's unity candidate. He stood on December 3, 2006 against Hugo Chavez in the presidential election and was clearly defeated. Of people who supported Chavez, he said publicly on television that 33% were parasites that lived off the government. He later denied the statement.

In March 2009, he was charged with “illegal enrichment”. The former planning minister of the Caldera government , Teodoro Petkoff , accused Chavez of trying to weaken the opposition with the help of the judiciary. Rosales spoke of a political intrigue against himself. On March 30, Rosales went into hiding and a few days later reappeared in Peru , where he was granted political asylum.

In September 2009, an interrogation report was Colombian prosecutor public in which a Colombian assassin Manuel Rosales brought in connection with plans to assassinate Hugo Chavez. Rosales offered $ 25 million for the assassination of Hugo Chavez during a secret meeting in 1999 with Colombian paramilitaries .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anonymous: A juicio de Manuel Rosales, la democracia venezolana "está enferma". ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Globovisión, August 30, 2006, accessed April 5, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.globovision.com
  2. ↑ Anonymous: "Rosales desmiente haber llamado parásitos a seguidores de Chávez" ( Memento of the original of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Radio Nacional Venezuela, October 20, 2006, accessed April 5, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rnv.gov.ve
  3. ↑ Harald Neuber: arrest warrant against opposition Rosales. In: amerika21. March 20, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2009 .
  4. ^ Taz.de / Gerhard Dilger: Justice offensive against oppositionists - persecution of Chávez critics from April 4, 2009
  5. ↑ El País : La Fiscalía General de Venezuela pide que se encarcele al líder opositor Rosales of March 20, 2009
  6. ↑ Gobierno peruano analizará solicitud de asilo para Manuel Rosales. (No longer available online.) In: teleSUR. April 22, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 22, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.telesurtv.net  
  7. ↑ Chavez opponent receives asylum in Peru. In: The Standard. April 27, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009 .
  8. ↑ El Nuevo Herald : Vinculan a Rosales con plan para asesinar a Chavez , of 24 September 2009
  9. ↑ Video: $ 25m plot 'to kill Chavez'. In: Al Jazzera. Retrieved September 26, 2009 .

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personal data
SURNAME Rosales, Manuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosales Guerrero, Manuel Antonia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Bárbara del Zulia , Venezuela