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- ↑ Pagni, Carlos (Mar 3, 2009). "El Gobierno y los bonistas están más cerca de un acuerdo". Prensa.
- ↑ "Elliott, a punto de perder u$s 100 millones, busca un nuevo default de la Argentina". La Politica. Nov 16, 2013.
- ↑ "La duda existencial de la Presidenta, por Carlos Pagni". Agrositio.