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- ↑ "Américo Boschetti" (in Spanish). San Juan, Puerto Rico: National Foundation for Popular Culture.
- ↑ "Cucco Peña – Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular". San Juan, Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 25 June 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ↑ "Antonio Cabán Vale («El Topo») – Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular". San Juan, Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 14 April 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
