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- ↑ Boettner, Sara Díaz de Espada de Ramírez (1989). Mujeres paraguayas contemporaneas. publisher not identified.
- 1 2 "Raquel Chaves" (in Spanish). Galería del Autor en Portal Guaraní. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ Susan Smith Nash. "First Light: An Anthology of Paraguayan Women Writers". Texture Press and Light and Dust Anthology of Poetry. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
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