The OECS and its Current Orientation for Closer Political Union

Since the United States-OECS initiative in October 1983 to

intervene in Grenada after the assassination of Prime Minister

Maurice Bishop, the orientations and characteristics of the

countries of the Eastern Caribbean constituting the Organisation

of Eastern Caribbean States have come in for relatively

close scrutiny in both academic and political circles across the

globe.

Since the United States-OECS initiative in October 1983 to

intervene in Grenada after the assassination of Prime Minister

Maurice Bishop, the orientations and characteristics of the

countries of the Eastern Caribbean constituting the Organisation

of Eastern Caribbean States have come in for relatively

close scrutiny in both academic and political circles across the

globe.

Published on

31 August 1988

Last Updated Date

18-09-16