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- ↑ "Régimen oficializa la destitución de Arturo McFields y el nombramiento de Francisco Campbell en la OEA". 24 March 2022.
- ↑ Navas, Por Lucía (2020-01-31). "¿Dónde está Lumberto Campbell? Presidente interino del poder electoral tendría graves problemas de salud". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ↑ "Lumberto Campbell, magistrado del CSE, ¿será su nuevo Presidente? | La Gente". Radio La Primerisima (in Spanish). April 9, 2014. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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