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- ↑ Cimac Noticias, 6 July 2003, (in Spanish) Virginia Jaramillo, virtual jefa delegacional en Cuauhtémoc
- ↑ Castillo, E. Eduardo (1 March 2006). "OFAC's US Cuba businessmen eviction fiasco closes Mexico hotel". The Havana Journal. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
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