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- ↑ , worldstatesmen.com, accessed 2010-1-15.
- ↑ "APRUÉBESE CONVENIO DE LA III CONFERENCIA DE MINISTROS DE AGRICULTURA DE CENTRO". legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni.
- ↑ report on Somoza's funeral
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