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| {{Infobox country|name=People's Revolutionary Government|image_flag=Grenada flag.png|capital=[[St. George's]]|year_start=1979|year_end=1983|image_map=Grenada map.png|map_width=290|event_start=[[Grenadian revolution]]|event_end=[[U.S. invasion of Grenada|U.S. invasion]]|date_start=13 March|date_end=29 October|area_km2=348.5|population_estimate=89,000|population_estimate_year=1979}} | | {{Infobox country|conventional_long_name=People's Revolutionary Government|image_flag=Grenada flag.png|capital=[[St. George's]]|year_start=1979|year_end=1983|event_start=[[Grenadian revolution]]|event_end=[[U.S. invasion of Grenada|U.S. invasion]]|date_start=13 March|date_end=29 October}} |
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| The '''People's Revolutionary Government''' was a revolutionary [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] government that existed on the island of [[Grenada]] from 1979 to 1983. It was ruled by the [[New Jewel Movement]]. | | The '''People's Revolutionary Government''' was a revolutionary [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] government that existed on the island of [[Grenada]] from 1979 to 1983. It was ruled by the [[New Jewel Movement]]. |
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| == History ==
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| === Revolution ===
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| On 13 March 1979, a group of 46 cadres overthrew the [[Neocolonialism|neocolonial]] government of [[Eric Gairy]] in a bloodless revolution.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Carlos Martinez|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=The Legacy of the Grenadian Revolution Lives On|date=2014-03-13|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/the-legacy-of-the-grenadian-revolution-lives-on/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029113930/https://www.liberationschool.org/the-legacy-of-the-grenadian-revolution-lives-on/|archive-date=2021-10-29|retrieved=2022-08-31}}</ref>
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| === U.S. invasion ===
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| The [[United States of America|United States]] prepared to invade Grenada in 1981 when it deployed over 120,000 troops to its Caribbean colony of [[Commonwealth of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]].
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| == Government ==
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| Grenada had systems of local democratic councils but did not hold national elections.<ref name=":0" />
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| == Economy == | | == Economy == |
| Between 1979 and 1983, Grenada's economy grew at a rate of 10% per year,<ref name=":0" /> much faster than its neighbors,<ref>{{News citation|author=Brian Meeks|newspaper=[[Jacobin]]|title=How a Revolution on the Tiny Island of Grenada Shook the World|date=2021-03-13|url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/03/grenada-revolution-njm-prg|retrieved=2022-04-17}}</ref> and unemployment dropped from 50% to 14%.<ref name=":0" /> | | Between 1979 and 1983, Grenada's economy grew much faster than its neighbors and unemployment was decreased.<ref>{{News citation|author=Brian Meeks|newspaper=[[Jacobin]]|title=How a Revolution on the Tiny Island of Grenada Shook the World|date=2021-03-13|url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/03/grenada-revolution-njm-prg|retrieved=2022-04-17}}</ref> |
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| == Education ==
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| Grenada spent 37% of its national budget on education and school fees were abolished. Eric Gairy invited [[Paulo Freire]] to Grenada to lead its literacy program. The literacy rate increased from 85% to 98%.<ref name=":0" />
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| == Healthcare ==
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| The number of doctors and dentists in Grenada doubled from 1979 to 1983.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Stephen Millies|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=Welcome to Maurice Bishop International Airport|date=2009-06-14|url=https://www.workers.org/2009/world/maurice_bishop_0618/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124174508/https://www.workers.org/2009/world/maurice_bishop_0618/|archive-date=2022-01-24|retrieved=2022-08-31}}</ref>
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| == References == | | == References == |
| <references />
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| [[Category:Former socialist states]]
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