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- ↑ "Embajador de Barbados presenta Copias de Estilo de sus Cartas Credenciales". El 19 Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ↑ "Embajadores de Barbados, Kosovo, Portugal,Francia y Alemania presentan credenciales ante el presidente de la República". www.presidencia.gob.pa. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
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