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Figueroa, Pres't Salvador LCCN2014682608.jpg by Bain News Service, publisher (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F._Figueroa,_Pres%27t_Salvador_LCCN2014682608.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Fernando Figueroa, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: F. Figueroa, Pres't Salvador LCCN2014682608.jpg — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain.","cite":"\"Fernando Figueroa\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/fernando-figueroa. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:52:07Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-14","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/fernando-figueroa","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/fernando-figueroa","ne":null}}