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Remembering Maurice Bishop's Execution in Grenada

Original: On 19th October 1983, Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, leader of the New Jewel movement which formed a People's Revolution

On 19 October 1983, Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, leader of the New Jewel movement and head of the People's Revolutionary Government formed in 1979, was executed amid an internal power struggle with his deputy Bernard Coard. Commenters marking the anniversary argue the United States, through the CIA, was involved, and the coup preceded the US invasion of Grenada days later.

Why now: The date marks the anniversary of Bishop's execution, prompting renewed debate over the coup and the subsequent US invasion of Grenada.

Maurice BishopBernard CoardGrenadaNew Jewel MovementUnited States

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• On 19th October 1983, Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, leader of the New Jewel movement which formed a People's Revolutionary Government in 1979, was executed by his deputy and childood friend Bernard Coard, who was on the payroll of the United States. The US, via the CIA, tried… · MiaMarkTwo@syzito.xyz · 13

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