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- ↑ Ameringer, Charles D. (1992). Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-313-27418-3.
- ↑ Bolland, O. Nigel (2003). Colonialism and Resistance in Belize: Essays in Historical Sociology. Cubola Productions. p. 216. ISBN 978-976-640-141-2.
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