“Cuba became the sugar-producing and-exporting country par excellence; and if she did not develop even further in this respect, the reason is to be found in the capitalist contradictions which put a limit to a continuous expansion of the Cuban sugar industry, which depended almost entirely on North American capital.”
The Cuban Economy (1964)
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“Cuba was developed as a sugar factory of the United States”
The Cuban Economy (1964)
Context: The natural advantages of the cultivation of sugar in Cuba are obvious, but the predominant fact is that Cuba was developed as a sugar factory of the United States.

1870s, Eighth State of the Union Address (1876)

On the origin of her catchphrase "Azúcar"; from a 2000 interview quoted in “Celia Cruz, 77; Queen of Salsa’s Passing Marks the End of a Musical Era” https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-17-me-cruz17-story.html in Los Angeles Times (2003 Jul 17).
The quote is discussed in Why Did Celia Cruz Say, "Azúcar"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaHb_ms1YkAWhy in the Smithsonian Music Channel.

New York Herald Tribune, 30 June 1953 http://www.bartleby.com/63/94/1094.html

Source: Theory of Economic Dynamics (1965), Chapter 3, The Determinants of Profits, p. 51
Source: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), p. 136.