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Grenada (/ ɡ r ə ˈ n eɪ d ə / ⓘ grə-NAY-də; Grenadian Creole French: Gwenad, [ɡweˈnad]) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea.The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about 100 miles (160 km) north of Trinidad and the South American mainland.
However, the GA proved ineffective and was renamed the Grenada Workers' Association (GWA) in 1921. [3] In 1931, the GWA was able to successfully mobilise against the introduction of price rises on milk and tobacco, basic goods essential to workers, and following further demands, in 1933 trade unions were made legal.
The Honourable George Vere Hobart (1761 – 5 November 1802) [1] was a British politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Grenada, West Indies.He was the father of the 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire.
Grenada also is a member of the Eastern Caribbean's Regional Security System (RSS). In December 2014, Grenada joined Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) as a full member. Prime minister Mitchell said that the membership was a natural extension of the co-operation Grenada have had over the years with both Cuba and Venezuela ...
The Caribbean Postal Union (CPU) is an association established by treaty of the postal authorities of the following member countries: [1] [2] The bloc was established with the assistance of the European Union for member-states of CARIFORUM as part of the bloc of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States.
Transport in Grenada consists of a network of highways connecting major population centres, airports and ports and harbours along the coast. Grenada has no merchant marine. There is one industrial railway, used by a rum distillery. [1] Highways: total: 1,127 km paved: 687 km Drivers in Grenada drive on the left hand side of the road.
Map of Grenada. This is a list of airports in Grenada.. Grenada is an island country and sovereign state in the southeastern Caribbean Sea.It consists of the island of Grenada and smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines, including Carriacou, Petit Martinique, Ronde Island, Caille Island, Diamond Island, Large Island, Saline Island, and Frigate Island.
The volcano is on the shipping route from St Vincent to Grenada. There is a Maritime Exclusion Zone monitored by the Seismic Research Centre of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. The zone normally encompasses a circle with a radius of 1.5 km (1 mi) from the centre of the volcano.