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- ↑ "Condecoran a Roy" [Roy is decorated]. La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). Panama. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ↑ Esquivel Olmos, Anaximena (26 June 2016). "Panama opens expanded Canal". La Prensa . Panama. Retrieved 16 July 2016.