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- 1 2 Stren, Olivia (Fall–Winter 2013). "Hundreds of Chileans, one coup d'état, and a Canadian envoy who helped plan an escape". Nexus. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ↑ Stevenson, Brian J.R. (2000). Canada, Latin America, and the New Internationalism: A Foreign Policy Analysis, 1968-1990. McGill-Queen's Press. pp. 122–123. ISBN 9780773520325.
- ↑ Heap, David (5 September 2013). "Four decades later, coup in Chile offers lessons". Western News. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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