People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada

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former government revolutionary government

The People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada was the Marxist-Leninist regime that ruled Grenada from 1979 to 1983 under Maurice Bishop before being overthrown in a U.S.-led invasion.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Grenadian armed forces 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former government ⓘ
revolutionary government ⓘ
alliedWith Cuba ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
built Point Salines International Airport ⓘ
cameToPowerBy coup d'état ⓘ
capital St. George's ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Grenada ⓘ
coupAgainst Eric Gairy ⓘ
currency East Caribbean dollar ⓘ
deputyHeadOfGovernment Bernard Coard ⓘ
endTime 1983-10-25 ⓘ
establishedBy New Jewel Movement ⓘ
executiveBody People's Revolutionary Government cabinet ⓘ
followedBy Interim Government of Grenada ⓘ
Interim Government of Grenada ⓘ
surface form: United States–backed provisional government of Grenada
foreignPolicyOrientation pro-Cuban ⓘ
pro-Soviet ⓘ
governingParty New Jewel Movement ⓘ
governmentType revolutionary socialist state ⓘ
single-party state ⓘ
headOfGovernment Maurice Bishop ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
implementedPolicy agrarian reform ⓘ
healthcare expansion ⓘ
literacy campaigns ⓘ
nationalization of key industries ⓘ
leader Maurice Bishop ⓘ
legislativeBody People's Revolutionary Government cabinet ⓘ
notableFor Marxist-Leninist experiment in the English-speaking Caribbean ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
opposedBy OECS ⓘ
surface form: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
overthrownBy Caribbean Peacekeeping Force ⓘ
Caribbean Peacekeeping Force ⓘ
surface form: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States forces

United States Armed Forces ⓘ
overthrownIn Operation Urgent Fury ⓘ
surface form: United States invasion of Grenada
partOf Cold War ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
precededBy Government of Eric Gairy ⓘ
reasonForEnd internal power struggle ⓘ
military invasion ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
significantEvent 1983 internal coup ⓘ
execution of Maurice Bishop ⓘ
startTime 1979-03-13 ⓘ
usedTitleForLeader Prime Minister ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Urgent Fury → hasParticipant → People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grenadian armed forces
Urgent Fury → opponent → People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada ⓘ
Operation Urgent Fury → opposedBy → People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada ⓘ