Carlos Miguel Páez Rodríguez

Biography

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.

Known For

Society of the Snow

as Carlos Páez Vilaró

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

as Self - Andes Crash Survivor

Prisoners of the Snow

as Self - Interviewee

Milagro: 50 años después

as Self - Los Andes Tragedy Survivor

The Andes's Odyssey

as Self