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- ↑ Cobo, Leila (12 May 2021). "Latin Recording Academy CEO Gabriel Abaroa Departing". Billboard. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ↑ The Latin Recording Academy Promotes Abaroa
- ↑ "Billboard's Latin Power Players List Revealed". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.