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- ↑ Unasur discute Consejo de Defensa Suramericano [ permanent dead link ], Agência EFE, 8 de fevereiro de 2010
- ↑ Quatro cúpulas de presidentes latino-americanos reúnem-se esta semana na Bahia Archived 2012-07-24 at archive.today , 14 de dezembro de 2008 às 14h 46min, Agência Brasil
- ↑ Chefes de Estado sul-americanos se encontram hoje, em Brasília, para uma reunião de cúpula extraordinária da União de Nações Sul-americanas (Unasul). Mas o encontro gera polêmica antes mesmo de começar Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine , Agência Brasil, 27 de julho de 2009
- ↑ Agencia Púlsar - Unasur formaliza el Consejo de Defensa Sudamericano Archived 2009-03-12 at the Wayback Machine , 2009
- ↑ "UNASUR / Todos Somos UNASUR". Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
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