One of the smallest independent countries in the western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free elections were reinstituted the following year.

Localização: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Coordenadas geográficas: 12° 7' N, 61° 40' W
Costa: 121 km km
Clima: tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
Relevo: volcanic in origin with central mountains
Cimeiras: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
Riscos naturais: lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November
Moeda: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
População: 89,502 (July 2005 est.)
Línguas: English (official), French patois
Capital: Saint George's
Divisão administrativa: 6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick

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