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- ↑ "Electa una mujer como Fiscal General de la República" [A woman elected as Attorney General of the Republic]. La Voz del Sandinismo (in Spanish). 10 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ↑ "EU sanctions Nicaragua's first lady and vice-president over human rights violations". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ↑ "Unión Europea sanciona a Rosario Murillo y otros siete funcionarios orteguistas" [European Union sanctions Rosario Murillo and seven other Ortega officials]. Confidencial (in Spanish). 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.