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- ↑ Unidas por la historia y la sangre (in Spanish)
- ↑ Carles Castillo Rosique Archived 28 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)
- ↑ Retrats (XIII): Carles Castillo (PSC) (in Catalan)
- ↑ Carles Castillo serà el cap de llista del PSC a Tarragona el 27S (in Catalan)
- ↑ I. Sr. Carles Castillo Rosique (in Catalan)
- ↑ Carles Castillo, 'impotent i enfadat' per haver d'ocupar el número 2 a la llista per Tarragona del PSC (in Catalan)
- ↑ "Carles Castillo s'acomiada del Parlament amb una crida a «rebel·lar-se contra les trinxeres»". Diari Més (in Catalan). ACN. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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