Carlos Alfredo Paravís Salaverry, known as Santiago Chalar (September 25, 1938 – November 21, 1994), was a Uruguayan physician traumathologist, poet, songwriter, musician, guitarist and singer.

He used an alias Santiago to pay homage to a friend of his who died in a plane accident and Chalar was one of his ancestors last name.

At the age of 9, he started taking guitar lessons with professor Gregorio Rodríguez in Fernando Sor Institute in Montevideo.

From 1978 on, he worked with Santos Inzaurralde, Wenceslao Varela, Lucio Muniz and Rubén Lena.

He took part in many music festivals in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Ecuador, Mexico, the United States and Spain.

In 1980, Omar Sanz talked Charlar into including a keyboard and join a music group with Hugo Marmolejo.