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Despite its natural beauty, Grenada has experienced turbulent political upheavals in the past. Since the coming of Europeans, the Indians who lived there was forced into war to defend their island. It took the Europeans many years before they finally eliminated the Caribs and Arawaks from Grenada.

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Maurice Bishop
(Pen on paper ... 11x14) .

Maurice Bishop became Grenada's second Prime Minister when the first coup d'etat in the English-Speaking Caribbean brought him to power in March 13, 1979. In 1983, a serious power struggle caused his demise. During Bishop's reign, Grenada established close ties with Eastern-block countries as well as Cuba and the then Soviet Union. He was co-founder of the NJM (New Jewel Movement). The movement had agitated political and economic changes for Grenada during most of the 1970s.

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French and British colonialists fought for ownership until the British conquered and won in the end. The travails of the island did not end there. Thousands of Africans were shipped to work on tobacco, sugarcane and coffee plantations for European merchants. The island prospered, but very little of the wealth stayed in Grenada. The island went through dozens of social and political unrest since and during slavery up until 1983 when thousands of US-military troops intervened to squash a military junta that assassinated several ministers in the ruling government at the time. These days, Grenada is enjoying stability and with the tourism industry booming and nutmeg price at a comfortable rate, there's no reason why the Spice Isle of the West cannot even be spicier than ever.