ocr: The past 20 years have seen Grenada move toward a position ofpolitical - isolation to that ofbeing a full- tledged democracy following US policy in the Caribbean. Former prime minister Sir Eric Gairy was as well laown for his eccentric requests to the UN Security Council. -he once asked it to investigate UFOs on the island- - as for his intimidation ofpolitical opponents with prganized gangs. Gairy was overthrown in 1979 in a civilian coup by the pro-Cuba Maurice Bishop, who was in turn overthrown and then executed by the army inl 1983.This coup was the pretext for the US invasion in Uctober o ...
