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References
- Diario Las Americas, Los Hermanos Marcano by A.P. Marcano, October 10, 1976 (in Spanish)
- Historia de Familias Cubanas (Ediciones Universal, Miami, Florida 1985 ISBN 0-89729-380-0) (in Spanish)
- Bayamo by Jose Maceo Verdecia pages 193-199 (Havana, Cuba, Unknown date)(in Spanish)
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