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References
- ↑ Former Ambassadors. Archived September 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Embassy of Brazil in London. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ About the speaker. IET.tv News, 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
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