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- ↑ "Bikes Not Bombs delivering 500 bicycles to Kenya - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ↑ Guatemalan Indigenous Pedal their Way to Mechanization , NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs, 23 Jun. 2005, retrieved 2 February 2010
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