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- ↑ "Ex ministra, separada de la UP" [Former minister, separated from the UP]. La Prensa (in Spanish). 16 May 2003. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ↑ "Los longevos de la política" [The Longevity of Politics]. La Prensa (in Spanish). 6 January 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ↑ Ettrick, Luz (13 December 2011). "Años de ardua labor educativa" [Years of Hard Educational Work]. Día a día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ↑ "Muere Hugo Torrijos" [Hugo Torrijos Dies]. La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). 21 December 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ↑ "Familia Torrijos de luto por Hugo" [Torrijos Family Mourning For Hugo]. La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). 22 December 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
