Don Rojas
Encyclopedia
Don Rojas is a journalist and political commentator from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
. He was the Editor in Chief of Grenada’s national newspaper The Free West Indian. He served as press secretary
for Marxist Prime Minister Maurice Bishop
from 1981–1983, until a Bishop power-sharing dispute led to fighting and Bishop's death. When U.S. Marines invaded Grenada in 1983, he claims he was deported by the U.S. military to Barbados. http://www.selvesandothers.org/view905.html
Rojas subsequently worked in the International Organization of Journalists
(IOJ)..
Rojas returned to the United States in the early 1990s.
Since moving to the United States, Rojas has worked as General Manager of Pacifica Radio
station WBAI in New York from late 2002 through May 2005. In the early 1990s, Rojas was an editor at the New York Amsterdam News, a famous Black paper based in Harlem. In 2006 he was employed as a press officer by Oxfam America. In 2007, Rojas was employed by the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, an organization that awards money to nonprofit organizations assisting the state's residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
He has recently become Executive Director of Free Speech TV
.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....
. He was the Editor in Chief of Grenada’s national newspaper The Free West Indian. He served as press secretary
Press secretary
A press secretary or press officer is a senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and, using news management techniques, helps their employer to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage....
for Marxist Prime Minister Maurice Bishop
Maurice Bishop
Maurice Rupert Bishop was a Grenadian politician and revolutionary who seized power in a coup in 1979 from Eric Gairy and served as Prime Minister of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada until 1983, when he was overthrown in another coup by Bernard Coard, a member of his own...
from 1981–1983, until a Bishop power-sharing dispute led to fighting and Bishop's death. When U.S. Marines invaded Grenada in 1983, he claims he was deported by the U.S. military to Barbados. http://www.selvesandothers.org/view905.html
Rojas subsequently worked in the International Organization of Journalists
International Organization of Journalists
International Organization of Journalists was a Soviet bloc front organization.It was initially portrayed as a place where Western and Eastern Bloc journalists can meet...
(IOJ)..
Rojas returned to the United States in the early 1990s.
Since moving to the United States, Rojas has worked as General Manager of Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio is the oldest public radio network in the United States. It is a group of five independently operated, non-commercial, listener-supported radio stations that is known for its progressive/liberal political orientation. It is also a program service supplying over 100 affiliated...
station WBAI in New York from late 2002 through May 2005. In the early 1990s, Rojas was an editor at the New York Amsterdam News, a famous Black paper based in Harlem. In 2006 he was employed as a press officer by Oxfam America. In 2007, Rojas was employed by the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, an organization that awards money to nonprofit organizations assisting the state's residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
He has recently become Executive Director of Free Speech TV
Free Speech TV
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