Forty-Two Years After the Assassination of Grenada’s Maurice Bishop, Can the Caribbean Remain a ‘Zone of Peace’?

Forty-two years after the assassination of Grenada’s Maurice Bishop, can the Caribbean remain a ‘zone of peace’?

In an address to the UN, Bishop emphasised the region’s determination to be ‘free from military intimidation’Originally published on Global VoicesFeature image via Canva Pro. October 19 marked the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of Maurice Bishop, who became the prime minister of Grenada in a bloodless, popular revolution that ousted Eric Gairy’s government in 1979. Along with seven others, Bishop was executed by firing squad in an act of …

Rediscovered History: Erasmus Williams Unearths Original Notes from the Assassination of Grenada’s Maurice Bishop — A Caribbean Journalist’s Time Capsule of Tragedy and Truth

Basseterre, St. Kitts — October 2025 (SKN Times):In a powerful moment of Caribbean historical reflection, veteran St. Kitts–Nevis journalist and former Press Secretary to Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Erasmus Williams, has revealed a priceless artifact from the region’s most turbulent political chapter — his handwritten, on-the-spot news report from October 1983 chronicling the assassination of Grenadian revolutionary leader Mauric…