Carlos Miguel Páez Rodríguez

October 31, 1953 — Montevideo, Uruguay

Carlos Miguel Páez Rodríguez (known as "Carlitos"), is a Uruguayan agricultural technician, businessman, publicist, writer and lecturer. He was also a sportsman and rugby player for the Uruguayan team Old Christians Club, a club with which he is one of the survivors of the FAU 571 plane tragedy in the Andes in 1972. Páez is the son of Carlos Páez Vilaró (a well-known Uruguayan painter) and Madelón Rodríguez Gómez. He has five siblings: Mercedes, Agó, Sebastián, Florencio and Alejandro. He is the father of two children, María Elena de los Andes "Gochi" and Carlos Diego Páez.

Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains