Tag: Grenada’s Revolution

NOVANEWS One often overlooked imperialist adventure was the 1983 U.S. invasion of the small Caribbean nation of Grenada. The objective of the invasion was the consolidation of a pro-U.S. regime after the assassination of the charismatic Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. Bishop came to power on Mar. 13, 1979, as the head of the New Jewel Movement, which staged a bloodless coup against the U.S.-friendly regime of Eric Gairy. Bishop's ability to connect with the Grenadian people has been favorably compared with Fidel Castro's bond with the Cuban people or Hugo Chavez's closeness to the Venezuelan masses. Much like the modern day revolutionary processes in Latin America and the Caribbean, the revolutionary government in Grenada sought to build a society that favored the great majority of people...