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- ↑ "Archivos SERVEL, Inscritos Sexta Región Varones" (in Spanish). Servicio Electoral. 2010. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ Saldías González, Washington (2 August 2007). "Alcaldes, regidores y concejales de la comuna de Pichilemu". Pichilemu News (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
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