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- 1 2 Asociación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos y Mártires por la Liberación Nacional (Bolivia), Fundación Solón, and Capítulo Boliviano de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo. Informe sobre las desapariciones forzadas en Bolivia. La Paz: ASOFAMD, 2008. p. 21
- 1 2 Dunkerley, James, and Rose Marie Vargas Jastram. Rebelión en las venas: la lucha política en Bolivia . La Paz, Bolivia: Plural, 2003. p. 349
- ↑ La impunidad es la herida más grande del último golpe Archived 2010-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Evo Morales destaca resistencia popular contra dictaduras militares
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