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15. Apr. 2015 · Sir Eric Matthew Gairy (1922-1997) was a Grenadian politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Grenada (1974-79). Gairy was also head of Government in pre-Independence Grenada, acting as Chief Minister (1961-62) and Premier (1967-74). He was overthrown in a coup led by Maurice Bishop in 1979.
Eric Gairy. Eric Gairy was born in Grenada in 1922. A schoolteacher and trade union leader he formed the left of centre political party, the Grenada United Labour Party (GULP) in 1950. Gairy soon became an important political figure in Grenada and held the posts of Chief Minister in the Federation of the West Indies (1957-1962) and became prime ...
15. Dez. 2018 · September 26, 2018. 404 pages. $19.50. ISBN-10: 172724852X. ISBN-13: 978-1727248524. Bernard Coard—nicknamed “Glasses” by some of his party members because of the way light reflected from his spectacles—is internationally known as the Deputy Prime Minister of the People’s Revolutionary Government.
This is part 2 of a 3-part documentary on 3 political figures who have transformed the island of Grenada through their activism, vision, leadership and force...
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25. Okt. 2021 · On March 13, 1979, the leaders of Grenada’s New Jewel Movement overthrew the hated and feared neocolonial puppet, Prime Minister Eric Gairy, setting in motion a memorable revolutionary experiment in Caribbean history. Those who lived through the 1979-83 Grenadian Revolution were forever transformed.
Bill Bigelow describes in Grenada: ‘A Lovely Little War’: In 1979, the socialist New Jewel Movement had overthrown the corrupt and unpopular dictator Eric Gairy in an almost bloodless coup. For years, Gairy ruled through fear. His secret police, the “Mongoose Gang,” had been supplied by the U.S.-backed Pinochet dictatorship in Chile.
21. Feb. 2015 · Back in Grenada Eric Gairy drove a steel band through an opponent’s political meeting and for this act of “hooliganism” he suffered the loss of his right to vote for five years. This very hard sentence earned much sympathy- enough to rally the Leader’s base and giving him the elections of 1961. Headline, No Boast: Gairy Beats Pan and ...
