Early Nationalist Efforts
The Nationalist Party obtained poor results in the 1932 election, but continued its campaign to unite the island behind an independent Puerto Rico platform. At the same time, continued repression from the United States against Puerto Rican independence was now being met with armed resistance.
In 1933, Albizu led a strike against the Puerto Rico Railway and Light and Power Company for alleged monopoly on the island. The following year, he represented sugar cane workers as a lawyer against the U.S. sugar industry.
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