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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Carlos Andrés Pérez - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 1989.jpg — World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0.","cite":"\"Carlos Andrés Pérez\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/carlos-andres-perez. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T09:05:03Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/carlos-andres-perez","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/carlos-andres-perez","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/carlos-andres-perez?lang=ne"}}