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- ↑ "Misión de Carlos Cure: fortalecer relación con Hugo Chávez" [Mission of Carlos Cure: strengthen relations with Hugo Chávez]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 5 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ↑ Acosta, Luis Jaime (23 May 2011). Leira, Javier (ed.). "Colombia nombra empresario como nuevo embajador en Venezuela" [Colombia names businessman as new ambassador to Venezuela]. Reuters (in Spanish). Bogotá. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ↑ "Cayo en la Red" [Fell in the Net]. Semana (in Spanish). 7 February 1983. ISSN 0124-5473. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2011.