The 1983 Grenada Case: Remember the Invasion and Occupation of one Independent State Forty Years Ago
By Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirovic
Grenada is an independent state, a member of the U.N., located in the southern portion of the Caribbean Sea very close to the mainland of South America (Venezuela). The state is composed of the southernmost of the Windward Islands combined with several small islands which belong to the Grenadines Archipelago, populated by almost 110,000 people of whom 82% are blacks (2012 estimations). The state of Grenada is a physically mostly forested mountains area (of volcanic origin) with some crater lakes and springs. In the valleys are bananas, spices, and sugar cane grown. The country is out of any natural wealth significance but has relatively high geostrategic importance. The economy was and is primarily agricultural with some very limited small-scale industries of the food production nature with the developing tourism sector as a growing source of the national G.D.P. The state budget is constantly under a high level of foreign debt (a “debt slavery” phenomenon).