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- ↑ Bowman, Kirk. "The public battles over militarisation and democracy in Honduras, 1954–1963." Journal of Latin American studies 33, 3:539–560 (August 2001).
- ↑ MacCameron, Robert. Bananas, labor and politics in Honduras: 1954–1963. Syracuse: Syracuse University. 1983. Pp. 116.
- ↑ Euraque, Darío A. Reinterpreting the banana republic: region and state in Honduras, 1870–1972. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1996. P. 116.
- ↑ Bowman, Kirk S. 1999. "Taming the tiger in Honduras." LASA forum 30, 1:9–12 (spring 1999). P. 10.
- ↑ Weaver, Frederick Stirton. Inside the volcano: the history and political economy of Central America. Boulder: Westview Press. 1994. P. 208.
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