Sunday, May 26, 2013

Grenada



Grenada


Grenada
Capital: St. Georges
133 square miles
English and French are spoken.




Historical
A Marxist revolutionary political party called the Communist New Jewel Movement, led by Maurice Bishop, comes into power after a coup in 1979.
Grenade Peoples Revolutionary Army
Peoples Militia
Cuban advisers, engineers and doctors

Maurice Bishop is assassinated in a coup on the 19th of October 1983.
The U.S. invaded Grenada on the 25th of October in 1983

Abolished the military after the troubles of 1983. No military forces. Only police forces.





Current
Grenada has been a member of the Regional Security System since 1985

No military forces. Only police forces.

Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF)


Police motorcycles donated by China in 2014.


Special Services Unit (Part of the RGPF)
M-16 assault rifles

Special Branch.(Part of the RGPF)


Cadet Corps? 



Coast Guard


Prison Services





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