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- ↑ Danny Rivera - Pagina Oficial
- ↑ Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular :: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- ↑ PUERTO RICO HERALD: Musicians To Hold Benefit Concert For Flood Victims Archived January 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Costa Rica’s 35,000-seat National Stadium opens / News / Top Story / Current Edition / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Tico Times Archived February 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Panama kicks off Baseball World Cup with Win over Greece - IBAF
- ↑ The Relentless Agency Archived March 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Rubén Blades Official Page - CREDITOS". Archived from the original on 2011-10-30. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- ↑ Rubén Blades, nominado a dos grammys latinos | Ciudadania Express
- ↑ Latin Grammy Winners | GRAMMY.com