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- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ↑ Samuel Finer, Jay Stanley (2002), The man on horseback: the role of the military in politics, Transaction Publishers. pp182-3
- 1 2 Nohlen, p568
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Leo B. Lott (1957), "The 1952 Venezuelan Elections: A Lesson for 1957", The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Sep., 1957), pp. 541-558
- 1 2 3 4 5 Robert Jackson Alexander (1982), Rómulo Betancourt and the transformation of Venezuela , Transaction Publishers. p356
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hollis Micheal Tarver Denova, Julia C. Frederick (2005), The history of Venezuela , Greenwood Publishing Group. p357
- ↑ Jesús Rondón Nucete (1977) Acontecer de Mérida: 1936-1958, p104
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