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Why did José Martí return to Cuba?
Martí and Máximo Gómez declared the Manifesto de Montecristi, an exposition of the purposes and principles of the Cuban revolution. Martí had persuaded Gómez to lead an expedition into Cuba.

Question: What did he want to do when he returned?
Self-contained rewrite: What did José Martí want to do when he returned to Cuba?