A coup! Wait, no!
Tuning in to Radio Free Grenada for an afternoon earful is usually about as much fun as listening to a hinge squeak. The broadcast, courtesy of the Marxist-led government of the minuscule Caribbean island (pop. 110,000), is chockablock with monologues about evil Yankee imperialists and the marvels of socialism. Not last week.
Shortly past noon on Friday, the station began amusing listeners across the Caribbean with hot flashes about coups and countercoups. First came word that Prime Minister Maurice Bishop's security chief was under arrest for alleging that...
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