"It grew from 1927 to 1930, when he traveled to Cuba, Panama, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti, campaigning and networking for his revolution. When he spoke about US banks owning Puerto Ricans’ land, the US Navy controlling their borders, the US Congress writing their laws, and US companies paying them starvation wages in the sugar cane fields, everyone knew what he was talking about. He reminded his audiences, “Everywhere you look, you see a Yankee army, Yankee navy, Yankee police and Yankee courts [...]"
