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- 1 2 "Funcionarios de Maduro allanan vivienda de profesora defensora de DDHH". NTN24 . 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ "Embajada en Andorra". Presidencia Venezuela (in Spanish). 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ "¿Qué poder tendrá la oficina que la Corte Penal Internacional abrirá en Caracas?". Deutsche Welle . Retrieved 2022-07-08.
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