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| Acronym | Full Name | Comments & Primary Location |
|---|---|---|
| WACL | World Anti-Communism League | |
| WB | World Bank | |
| WBR | World Bank Report | |
| WC | Workers Councils/Or Committees | Grenada |
| WCC | ???? | Grenada |
| WCC | World Council of Churches | |
| WCL | World Confederation of Labor | |
| WCP | Workers Communist Party | Jamaica |
| WFDY | World Federation of Democratic Youth | |
| WHO | World Health Organization | |
| WHSR | White House Situation Room | USA |
| WI | West Indies or Westindies | |
| WIA | Wounded In Action | |
| WIAS | West Indies (Associated States) Council of Ministers: Antigua, St. Kitts-Nevis, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Montserrat and Grenada | |
| WIASSC | West Indies Associated States Supreme Court | |
| WIBS | Windwards Islands Broadcasting Service | Grenada |
| WIDF | Women's International Democratic Federation | |
| WIGUT | West Indies Gorup of University Leaders | Trinidad |
| W.I.L.J. | West Indies Law Journal | |
| WINBAN | Windward Island Banana Growers Association | |
| WISA/WIAS | West Indies (Associated States) Council of Ministers | |
| WISS | West Indian Students Society | |
| WLL | Workers Liberation League (Jamaican precursor to the WPJ) | Jamaica |
| WOLA | Washington Office on Latin America | USA |
| WP | Washington Post newspaper | USA |
| WPA (1) | War Powers Act | USA |
| WPA (2) | Working Peoples Alliance | Guyana |
| W.P.C. | Woman Police Constable | Grenada |
| WPJ | Workers Party of Jamaica | Jamaica |
| WPR | War Powers Resolution | USA |
| WPVP | Working People's Vanguard Party | Guyana |
| WRM | Workers' Revolutionary Movement | St. Lucia |
| WSJ | Wall Street Journal newspaper | USA |
| WT | Workers Times newspaper | Jamaica |
| WTO (1) | World Tourism Organization | |
| WTO (2) | World Trade Organization | |
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Not only did the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) and their political party, The New Jewel Movement (NJM), have a proclivity for using acronyms or short-hand letters for what was meant, but they were in communication with Cuba and the Soviet Union. Cuba, the Soviet Union and the United States were no shirkers from using acronyms either. Have fun with these. Use the Google on-site search engine to find their location(s), though many are not on this site, but in the literature. You can copy these singly as ownership is not involved. Copying the complete list and reproducing it in a publication is not allowed. Using the compilation on this page as a complete compilation or partial compilation for other than personal use is not acceptable. Please notify the web administrator below for any additions or corrections. |
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