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- ↑ "Constanza Schönhaut, Secretaria Gral. Movimiento Autonomista: "Si nos sentimos cómodos en el ejercicio del poder, me preocuparía"". Fortín Mapocho. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ↑ "Columna de Gabriel Boric: El Movimiento Autonomista, origen, sentido y transformación" (in Spanish). The Clinic. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ↑ ""Convergencia Social", el partido de Boric, Sharp, Cuevas y Yeomans en el Frente Amplio". Radio Cooperativa. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
