*CC13: Dr. Dion E. Phillips, **“A Look Back at the People’s Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Grenada, 1979-1983”*
The Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras
(UPR-RP), invites the academic community and the general public to the
lecture *“A Look Back at the People’s Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Grenada, 1979-1983” *by Dr. Dion E. Phillips, University of the Virgin
Islands-St. Thomas. Dr. Jorge Rodríguez Beruff, Department of Social
Sciences, Faculty of General Studies, UPR-RP, will comment the lecturer. The
activity will be held on Tuesday, November 12, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in
Amphitheatre Manuel Maldonado Denis (CRA 108) of Carmen Rivera de Alvarado
(CRA) Building, Faculty of the Social Sciences, UPR-RP.
This lecture will be broadcast LIVE online through the following website:
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Summary: The discourse on the Maurice Bishop-led People's Revolutionary
Government (PRG) in Grenada (1979-1982) has spun a plethora of published
research. However, this work has not sufficiently focused on the military
arm of the PRG, the People's Revolutionary Armed Forces. This presentation
shows that the PRG came to power as a result of the first coup d’état in
the English-speaking Caribbean as well as examines the structure, strength,
recruitment, training and roles of the armed forces. Those forces were not
only concerned with the defense of the state and internal security but also
with other functions, including the prevention of drugs, and ceremonial
duties.
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Humberto García-Muñiz, Ph.D.
Director
Instituto de Estudios del Caribe
Universidad de Puerto Rico-Río Piedras
PO Box 23345, San Juan, PR 00931
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