St. George's University
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St. George's University is a university located in the Caribbean island nation of Grenada. It is best known for its medical school, which enrolls students primarily from the United States, Canada and other countries outside the Caribbean. St. George's also boasts a school of veterinary medicine, and a recently founded Graduate Program.
Concerns about the safety of the large number of American students enrolled at the school was given by United States President Ronald Reagan as a basis for the U.S.-led invasion of Grenada in October, 1983, after the overthrow of Maurice Bishop, a popular leftist leader, by a harder-left Grenadian faction with ties to Cuba. Reagan's opponents stated that the medical students were a mere pretext for the invasion; in any event elections were held the next year and a generally pro-Western government with regard for human rights was re-established. The operation of the university resumed with some of the "rescued" students returning.
Popular culture
This university's medical school is featured in the second half of Heartbreak Ridge, Clint Eastwood's movie about the United States Marine Corps.
