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- ↑ New York Times. Workers in Nicaragua End Fast, With Both Sides Claiming Victory
- ↑ El 19. Universitarios de León rinden homenaje a estudiantes asesinados el 23 de julio de 1959
- ↑ Tribunal Aduanero y Tributario Administrativo. CONSTITUCIÓN POLÍTICA 1987
- ↑ New York Times. NICARAGUA'S COMMUNIST PARTY SHIFTS TO OPPOSITION
- ↑ Richard F. Staar (1 September 1991). 1991 YEARBOOK ON COMMUNIST AFFAIRS. Hoover Institution Press. p. 104.
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