<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliA US purchase of the island from Spain had long been on the agenda, even though Marta had warned of becoming a satellite of the United States I know the Monster, because I have lived in its lair, he wrote.  <response>: Kwa muda mrefu Marekani ilikuwa ikizungumzia kununua kisiwa hicho kutoka kwa Hispania, ingawa Marta alikuwa ameonya kuwa kisiwa hicho kitakuwa sehemu ya Marekani, aliandika, akisema: Ninajua kuhusu yule mnyama, kwa sababu nimeishi katika pango lake. 