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The imperialism of the United States/has a wide grave:/there is your dead wife/there your little one/there your cow/there your mare/your field and your land.

— Julia de Burgos Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)

El Imperialismo de Estados Unidos/tiene una ancha fosa:/allí está tu muerta/allí el pequeñuelo/allí tu vaquita/allí está tu yegua/tu "tala" y tu tierra.

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