A United States territory constituting the southwest group of the Virgin Islands. The islands were purchased from the Danish in 1917 because of their strategic location at the approach to the Panama Canal. Charlotte Amalie, on St. Thomas Island, is the capital. ...
A country’s excessive influence over the commerce of another becomes political influence.’2 Marti rightly feared that the United States would intervene in the Cuban struggle for independence, to Cuba’s detriment, and from there expand throughout the Antilles. The Latin American nations, he ...