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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Benito Pérez Brito de los Ríos y Fernández Valdelomar (1747, Barcelona-August 3, 1813, Panama City) was a Spanish military officer and colonial official. From March 21, 1812 to November 1812, he was viceroy of New Granada. Pérez entered the military in 1762 as a cadet in the Regiment of Navarre. He rose in rank to field marshal. He held various posts in America, among them lieutenant of the king in Puerto Rico and in Havana. Thereafter he was named captain general and intendant of Yucatán, a post that he occupied from 1800 to 1811.