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- ↑ Recasens Barbara, Albert (31 August 2010). "El Baile de las Caderas, el Impacto de la Punta en las Otredades". A Tres Bandas: Mestizaje, Sincretismo e Hibridación en el Espacio Sonoro Iberomericano. Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior: 146. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Banda Blanca – Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on 15 January 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Tropical Albums – Week of April 20, 1991". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. April 20, 1991. Archived from the original on 16 April 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ↑ "Univision | Shows, Entretenimiento, Noticias, Deportes y Novelas".
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