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- 1 2 3 4 Becker, Marc. Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador's Modern Indigenous Movements . Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. p. 162
- ↑ Navarrete, Edwin. FENOCIN Hacia el nuevo milenio: Porque en el campo está la fuerza del desarrollo, de la identidad y la vida . Quito, Ecuador: Federacion Nacional de Organizaciones Campecinas, Indigenas y Negras, 1999. p. 63
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
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