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- ↑ http://noticias.nat.gov.tw/news.php?unit=92,106,115&post=80322 Ricardo E. Chiari de Leon]
- ↑ Napoleon Franco
- ↑ Ramon Sieiro Murgas
- ↑ Mario Luis Cucalón D´Anello
- ↑ Alfredo Martíz Fuentes
- ↑ "Designan a Soto Jiménez embajador Taiwán y Aníbal de Castro en Bélgica | www.diasporadominicana.com". diasporadominicana.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-28.
